For what it’s worth, I like to use matching `backquotes` as a meta-syntax.
(defn expected [exp was] (format "Expected `%s` but was `%s`" (pr-str exp) (pr-str was))) (println (expected 2 "2")) ;=> Expected `2` but was `"2"` > On Nov 13, 2015, at 6:55 AM, 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.
