> 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 :)
Agree. Code is read much more often than it is written, so omitting a few character is not effective time-saving. I also don't like :refer :all. I think it should be considered hack rather than official feature. On Wednesday, July 24, 2013 3:17:02 AM UTC+9, Jozef Wagner 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 >> >> >> 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.
