On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Alex Miller <a...@puredanger.com> wrote:
> > > On Friday, April 25, 2014 9:48:10 AM UTC-5, Greg D wrote: >> >> Thanks Alex and Steve, >> >> I've based a ton of work on keywords where the second character is >> numeric. >> >> The http://clojure.org/readers page should be the normative reference. >>> >> >> The work is based on *reliance* on the definitions in the readers page. >> I believe it is unambiguous in demanding a colon as the first character of >> a keyword, and allowing the second character to be numeric. >> > > Well I'll contend it is at least ambiguous because I read it differently. > :) I think everyone can agree that keywords begin with a colon. My > understanding is that symbols and keywords share naming rules as a result > of "Keywords are like symbols". I think the interpretation depends on > whether you see the ":" as being part of the name; > Since the very next thing after "Keywords are like symbols" is "except: They can and must begin with a colon, e.g. :fred." and the rule for symbols is that they "begin with a non-numeric character", it seems pretty forgivable to assume that the colon is part of the keyword (the fact that it isn't stored is immaterial; if you know it's a keyword you also know it starts with a colon) and that it can therefore contain numeric characters immediately after the colon. "Begin" should mean "begin" in both bullet points, right? -- 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/d/optout.
