You have an extra list in there which causes the evaluated code to look like this:
((println "Clojure")) The println is executed, it returns nil, and then because of the extra parens, Clojure tries to execute nil as a function, giving a NPE. This works: user=> (eval (quote (println "Clojure"))) Clojure nil Cheers, Dave On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 12:48 PM, Hussein B. <hubaghd...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Why the following snippet: > > (eval (list (quote (println "Clojure")))) > > is throwing a null pointer exception? > > Thanks for help and time. > > -- > -- > 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.
