We should scour clojuresphere for uses of 'use' and automatically post github issues to the projects of interest, and redefine the ns macro to issue a warning with use.
Does anyone actually like 'use'? Require is always more evident. On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 2:17 PM, Jozef Wagner <jozef.wag...@gmail.com>wrote: > +1, :use is IMO an antipattern. > > I hate it mainly in blogs, where they explain some new API. They :use like > 3 namespaces and you have to guess which fn is from which ns :) > > JW > > > On Tuesday, July 23, 2013 5:50:50 PM UTC+2, Greg Slepak wrote: >> >> I think I read somewhere that :use is no longer encouraged, but I could >> be mistaken. >> >> From what I've read, it seems like most people agree that Clojure has too >> many ways of including/importing/**referencing/requiring/using things: >> >> http://blog.8thlight.com/**colin-jones/2010/12/05/** >> clojure-libs-and-namespaces-**require-use-import-and-ns.html<http://blog.8thlight.com/colin-jones/2010/12/05/clojure-libs-and-namespaces-require-use-import-and-ns.html> >> >> The above gives a very nice explanation of all the various difference, >> but it also acknowledges their complexity. >> >> Since :use uses :require, and since :require can do everything that :use >> can, can we simplify Clojure programming a bit for newcomers by deprecating >> the use of :use? The situation in ClojureScript is even worse because it >> adds :require-macros on top of all the other ways of including files. >> >> Ideally, it would be awesome if there was just a single directive for >> everything, but perhaps there's some complicated low-level reason why >> that's not possible. :-\ >> >> Thoughts? >> >> Thanks, >> Greg >> >> P.S. If this has already been brought up you have my sincere apologies. >> >> -- >> Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing >> with the NSA. >> >> -- > -- > 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. > > > -- -- 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.
