What you wanted here was (meta '^:abc some-symbol)
It's a little weird but the reader attaches the metadata to the symbol. Then the quote just evaluates directly to the same symbol, so the metadata is preserved. I agree that metadata can be confusing though. Especially around where AND HOW you put the metadata for a functions return value(s). See [1] for more on that confusing track... Also there are plenty of subtle "gotchas" to macros etc that do not preserve metadata. 'clojure.core/or' is a good example of that. A search for "Clojure preserve metadata" will likely turn up a good list of Jiras out there to fix areas that do not preserve metadata as expected. Looks like there are some tips at [2]. [1] http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-1232 [2] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4673011/what-functions-in-clojure-core-preserve-meta -- 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.
