Hi Dave, The "conflicting" reader issue is fixed in the Clojure 1.5 master branch.
Using data readers in a lib is perfectly acceptable as long as you namespace qualify your tags, as the docs mandate: "Reader tags without namespace qualifiers are reserved for Clojure". See (doc *data-readers*). This allows libs to get along with each other. Clojure will look for all "data_readers.clj" files on the classpath. If I recall correctly, built-in base64 encoding is planned. Don't quote me on that, though. Justin On Monday, October 15, 2012 7:55:23 AM UTC-4, Dave Sann wrote: > > Hi all, > > Are there any solid docs/ideas for effective usage of data-readers and > data_readers.clj? > > Currently, as I understand it data_readers.clj is placed in the root src > folder for a project. > > This worked nicely, however, I do get an error with lein giving > "conflicting readers" if I have data_readers.clj in a jar and then in the > same lib in checkouts. Is this expected? Am I doing this wrong? > > - is it appropriate to include data_readers.clj in a library - given that > file is in the root? > - is it the intention that a project will define all of its readers and > not expect any from library sources? How will I know which ones to use? > - what is the correct usage of *data-readers*? Is this perhaps preferred? > > A thought - There may be lots of readers produced by different people and > some kind of order may need to be maintainable to avoid possible "reader > hell" of conflicts or possible incompatibilities. > > Readers do not appear to have namespaces so should I prefix my readers if > I want to ensure that they are unique? > > Is there a list of readers that should be added or considered for addition > to a standard set? The one I made was b64 encoding for byte arrays - which > would seem like an obvious one. > > Thanks for any pointers > > Dave > > > -- 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
