A pair of curly brackets with a single value isn't part of the grammar either, and I think reads better than _ On Nov 13, 2015 8:47 AM, "Colin Yates" <colin.ya...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Really, I don’t mind - I would just like consistency :-) > > One argument for the right delimiter of some sort is that it is > unambiguous and therefore nobody can misinterpret it. If you were > unfamiliar with a validation library and it reported <start>[:a :b :c must > be “2”]</start> you _could_ interpret that as either the literal 2 or a > string containing 2. To interpret it correctly you must know more than > just the literal text, therefore it isn’t a great choice. > > I like _ because <start>[:a :b :c must be _”2”_]</start> is less open to > misinterpretation because the _ symbol is not part of the Clojure grammar > (unlike brackets and quotes). It is also idiomatic to use as a symbol to > mean “I don’t care about the value of this” which has some symmetry (albeit > at a stretch) in the use I am proposing here. > > On 13 Nov 2015, at 13:19, Atamert Ölçgen <mu...@muhuk.com> wrote: > > Hi Colin, > > Why not just "2"? > > On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 1:55 PM, Colin Yates <colin.ya...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Can we, the community agree a consistent way of rendering Clojure EDN >> when we report it in info or error. For example, given the EDN "2" (i.e. a >> string containing a single character 2) I have seen various libraries >> render it as: >> >> - 2 >> - "2" >> - ["2"] >> - [2] >> - (2) >> - '"2"' >> >> I would like to propose that we standardise around "_" as the boundary >> character as that isn't likely to be used in (except for some markup I >> guess but that is pretty unlikely), so a test framework might render as >> such: >> >> - expected _2_ but was _"2"_ >> >> Please? :-) >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > > -- > Kind Regards, > Atamert Ölçgen > > ◻◼◻ > ◻◻◼ > ◼◼◼ > > www.muhuk.com > > -- > 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. > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
