`spit` calls `str` on its argument, which has the same behavior as `print` or `println` with regard to quoting strings:
user=> (println "I say, \"Hello, World!\"") I say, "Hello, World!" nil To preserve data in its `read`able form, you need `pr` or `prn`: user=> (prn "I say, \"Hello, World!\"") "I say, \"Hello, World!\"" nil Note that with `prn` the string is enclosed in double-quotes and quotation marks inside the string are backslash-escaped. You can still use `spit` as you were before, just call `pr-str` on the data first: user=> (pr-str "I say, \"Hello, World!\"") "\"I say, \\\"Hello, World!\\\"\"" -S -- 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
