Gary Trakhman writes: > You could also do (use 'clojure.test) below the ns form. One thing that > generally annoys me with 'ns' is that people feel it's some magical thing > that has to be in the head of every file, like java imports, but it's > really just a macro. > > It just goes to show that conventions are important. > > Curiously, and off-topic, why does core.clj have an 'ns' form and then > proceeds to define the ns macro?
The ns form used when loading core.clj the first time is bootNamespace from clojure.lang.RT > > > On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 11:32 AM, Phillip Lord <phillip.l...@newcastle.ac.uk >> wrote: > >> Laurent PETIT <laurent.pe...@gmail.com> writes: >> > (:use foo :only [a b c]) will become (:require foo :refer [a b c]) >> > (:use foo) will become (:require foo :refer :all) >> >> The same logic could suggest we remove "or" because we can express it >> with "and" and "not". >> >> > This will save lots of time and frustration among people trying to >> > remember why (:use :only) somewhere, why (:require :refer :all) >> > somewhere else, etc. >> >> And cause frustration for people who find typing >> >> (:require clojure.test :refer :all) >> >> when they used to type >> >> (:use clojure.test) >> >> To me, the discussion seems to be confused; I understand why making an >> implementation simpler is important. But removing a simple declaration >> to replace it with a more complex one doesn't seem to make things >> simpler to me. >> >> >> Phil >> >> -- >> -- >> 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.
