It would be great if an editor highlighted a (possibly qualified) keyword 
that was used only in that particular place (given all code loaded). This 
wouldn't be bullet-proof, but would have highlighted mistakes like 
:encypted (but could still confuse :encrypted? with :encrypted, and 
whatnot).

/Linus

On Friday, February 3, 2017 at 1:49:20 AM UTC+1, tbc++ wrote:
>
> A good editor should auto-complete your keywords for you. Since using this 
> feature in Cursive (same sort of thing is available in other editors) the 
> cases where I've mis-spelled a keyword have dropped dramatically. It's a 
> lot harder to mis-spell a keyword when you can just do: :egg/th<enter> and 
> the rest is auto-filled. 
>
> On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 5:37 PM, Alex Miller <al...@puredanger.com 
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>> Ugh, don't do that. Introducing layers that add no value is a bad idea. 
>> Just use the keyword directly.
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