There was just this question the other day: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30922413/why-does-metadata-symbol-not-work
There is also a few threads a few weeks ago here on google groups about it: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/clojure/_e7vBom2acw/0AAKTiGuzv4J HTH On Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 10:00:59 AM UTC-4, Sarkis Karayan wrote: > > > Why doesn't this work? > user=> (meta ^{:some-meta 123} 'n) > nil > > While this works: > user=> (meta ^{:some-meta 123} (fn [n] n)) > {:some-meta 123} > > And this works too: > user=> (meta (with-meta 'n {:some-meta 123})) > {:some-meta 123} > > > Is this intended behavior? If so, what's the reasoning? > > Thanks, > Sarkis > > -- 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.
