You mean (:use [clojure.java.io]) is equivalent to (:require [clojure.java.io 
:as io :refer :all])?

Ritchie

> On Jun 22, 2015, at 4:15 PM, Sean Corfield <s...@corfield.org> wrote:
> 
> On Jun 22, 2015, at 1:50 PM, Ritchie Cai <ritchie...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> For example:
>> (:require [clojure.java.io :as io]) 
>> vs
>> (:use [clojure.java.io :as io])
>> 
>> In both cases, we can end up using it with "(io/<function name> ... )". Is 
>> there a difference at all?
> 
> Yes, (:use [clojure.java.io :as io]) is equivalent to (:require 
> [clojure.java.io :as io :refer :all]) so it refers in all of the symbols from 
> that namespace directly into your namespace (i.e., they can be referenced 
> even without the io/ prefix).
> 
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