Understood, but what I was wondering is why the trailing parenthesis is discarded / not considered part of the "object" expression?
On Monday, April 29, 2013 4:32:49 PM UTC-4, Weber, Martin S wrote: > > > user=> (doc read-string) > ------------------------- > clojure.core/read-string > ([s]) > Reads *one* object from the string s > nil > (emphasis on *one* by me) > > one object from ":a(" = :a; ":a)" = :a; "( … " = fail; ")…" = fail. > (remember whitespace in front of a paren doesn't matter) > > Have fun. > -- -- 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.