On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Rich Hickey <richhic...@gmail.com> wrote: > Why all the attention to :use - I thought everyone agreed using it is a bad > idea? ... > The only benefit > I see is that you can avoid a (minimum 2 character) prefix.
The other benefit is it saves you from the cognitive load of having to know exactly what namespace every given function comes from in order to use it. For some libraries the burden of knowing which namespace a function comes from is significant (e.g., Incanter). Also, those namespace prefixes really get in the way if you are defining a DSL, or redefining things from Clojure's core (e.g., because you want to use an enriched cond macro). In a nutshell, when working within a specific domain, sometimes you want to take a certain set of functions/macros as "primitive" to your program, and don't want to constantly have to think of the details of how the library that defines them is structured. -- 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
