Ah, didn't even think about the REPL causing trouble here. Thanks.
On Sunday, April 13, 2014 5:30:09 PM UTC+2, squeegee wrote: > > > On Apr 13, 2014, at 8:31 AM, Thomas Heller <th.h...@gmail.com<javascript:>> > wrote: > > […] confusing error messages. > > user=> (pr-str #time/local-datetime [2014 4 1 0 0 2 99999999999]) > > […] > > RuntimeException Unmatched delimiter: ) > clojure.lang.Util.runtimeException (Util.java:221) > > > Using default #inst reader gives the same behavior. > > This is an artifact of how the repl currently works. Its input is a stream > of characters to which it applies the read, eval, and print operations in a > loop. There is prompt-handling code in the repl that makes it feel “turn” > oriented in most cases, but this case isn’t handled. It does not currently > implement “on exception in read, flush the rest of the pending user input > and re-prompt”. > > Here’s an example with a vanilla clojure 1.6.0 (java -jar <the clojure > 1.6.0.jar>) that may clarify what’s going on: > > user=> (println 1 2 3 #inst "4" 5 6 7 8 9) > RuntimeException Unrecognized date/time syntax: 4 > clojure.instant/fn--6236/fn--6237 (instant.clj:118) > 5 > 6 > 7 > 8 > 9 > RuntimeException Unmatched delimiter: ) > clojure.lang.Util.runtimeException (Util.java:221) > > The start of the list "(println 1 2 3” reads fine, then the #inst read > throws an exception. After the exception, the repl starts working on the > remainder of the input characters as if it were fresh user input. It sees > integers and prints them. When it hits “)”, there’s no corresponding “(“ > pending, so it throws again. > > —Steve > > -- 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/d/optout.
