Re: keyword question

Thanks J. and Tim, and sorry for doing a shabby job searching the archive before asking. :-) Stuart > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure/browse_thread/thread/82b88a7f6d9f993/0680a4f5dbf6ee61?lnk=gst&q=keyword#0680a4f5dbf6ee61 > > RH: "The symbol String can name a class but the keyword :Str

Re: keyword question

http://groups.google.com/group/clojure/browse_thread/thread/82b88a7f6d9f993/0680a4f5dbf6ee61?lnk=gst&q=keyword#0680a4f5dbf6ee61 RH: "The symbol String can name a class but the keyword :String can't As far as '.', that restriction has been relaxed. I'll try to touch up the docs for the next releas

Re: keyword question

On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 6:31 AM, Stuart Halloway wrote: > > From the docs: "Keywords are like symbols, except ... They cannot > contain '.' or name classes ..." > > What goes wrong with a keyword that contains "." or names a class? > Nothing blows up immdiately at the REPL: > > user=> :java.lang.

keyword question

From the docs: "Keywords are like symbols, except ... They cannot contain '.' or name classes ..." What goes wrong with a keyword that contains "." or names a class? Nothing blows up immdiately at the REPL: user=> :java.lang.String :java.lang.String user=> :foo.bar :foo.bar --~--~