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 :String can't > As far as '.', that restriction has been relaxed. I'll try to touch > up > the docs for the next release." > > > On Jan 9, 10:31 pm, Stuart Halloway <stuart.hallo...@gmail.com> 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.String >> :java.lang.String >> >> user=> :foo.bar >> :foo.bar > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
