2012/12/23 Stuart Sierra <the.stuart.sie...@gmail.com> > On Saturday, December 22, 2012 3:34:52 PM UTC-5, Borkdude wrote: > > Clojure lets me define a var which name contains a dot, > > but I can't dereference it by name (because it is seen as > > a classname with a method or field). Clojure shouldn't let > > me let define it in the first place I think? > > It all depends on that magical little word "should." Clojure > has generally not gone out of its way to prevent you from > doing things even if they don't make a lot of sense. > > Symbols with dots in them are certainly valid (namespace > identifiers being a common example). One could argue that > this is an unhandled edge case in the Clojure reader. Maybe > the Clojure reader should not automatically assume that > symbols with dots in them are classes and instead try to > resolve them as Vars first. >
Actually it's clojure.lang.Compiler/maybeResolveIn responsable for that > -S > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
