what's really strange about this is that the double-colon trick does work for integers:
user> ::3 :user/3 You just can't write :user/3 directly. On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Brent Millare <brent.mill...@gmail.com>wrote: > I've been discovering in my code that namespaced identifiers are a > wonderful thing. In particular, I am found of namespaced integers as an id. > > Keywords usually serve the role as identifiers, but currently, the spec > does not allow namespaced integers, which is odd since integers are valid > as keywords and you can namespace words. > > Again in table form: > > Keyword... > name-starts-with | has-namespace | is-valid? > letter, no, yes > letter, yes, yes > number, no, yes > number, yes, no <-- This is odd > > Can we change this so we don't get stack traces like so? > > clojure.lang.LispReader$ReaderException: java.lang.RuntimeException: > Invalid token: :asdf/3a > LispReader.java:220 > clojure.lang.LispReader.read > core.clj:3407 clojure.core/read > core.clj:3405 clojure.core/read > interruptible_eval.clj:52 > clojure.tools.nrepl.middleware.interruptible-eval/evaluate[fn] > main.clj:257 clojure.main/repl[fn] > main.clj:257 clojure.main/repl[fn] > main.clj:277 clojure.main/repl[fn] > main.clj:277 clojure.main/repl > RestFn.java:1096 > clojure.lang.RestFn.invoke > interruptible_eval.clj:56 > clojure.tools.nrepl.middleware.interruptible-eval/evaluate[fn] > AFn.java:159 > clojure.lang.AFn.applyToHelper > AFn.java:151 clojure.lang.AFn.applyTo > core.clj:617 clojure.core/apply > core.clj:1788 > clojure.core/with-bindings* > RestFn.java:425 > clojure.lang.RestFn.invoke > interruptible_eval.clj:41 > clojure.tools.nrepl.middleware.interruptible-eval/evaluate > interruptible_eval.clj:171 > clojure.tools.nrepl.middleware.interruptible-eval/interruptible-eval[fn] > core.clj:2330 clojure.core/comp[fn] > interruptible_eval.clj:138 > clojure.tools.nrepl.middleware.interruptible-eval/run-next[fn] > AFn.java:24 clojure.lang.AFn.run > ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145 > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker > ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615 > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run > Thread.java:724 java.lang.Thread.run > Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Invalid token: :asdf/3a > Util.java:219 > clojure.lang.Util.runtimeException > LispReader.java:326 > clojure.lang.LispReader.interpretToken > LispReader.java:211 > clojure.lang.LispReader.read > > -- > -- > 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. > > > -- Ben Wolfson "Human kind has used its intelligence to vary the flavour of drinks, which may be sweet, aromatic, fermented or spirit-based. ... Family and social life also offer numerous other occasions to consume drinks for pleasure." [Larousse, "Drink" entry] -- -- 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.
