Sorry, yes, to clarify -- :require :as is always good and generally preferred over :refer or :use :only.
Justin On Thursday, November 8, 2012 1:42:26 PM UTC-5, Luc wrote: > > I am pragmatic and quite lazy, I use require with an alias and use mostly > with stuff like > clojure.tools.trace, clojure.pprint where selecting explicit vars brings > no or little value (in my opinion). > You either need most of the public vars or the potential name conflict is > a remote > possibility a few light-years away. > > I almost never select explicit vars from external name spaces. I find this > cumbersome to manage. > > With (short) aliases, I get auto expansion of all public vars as soon as I > type the / > in CCW (Eclipse plugin). With a little consistency in choosing aliases, > it's then very easy to find out while reading the code where a reference > comes from. > > I am also older than most of you guys so the less stuff resides in my > working memory, > the easier I can cheat with the slowly eroding aging process :) > I leave most of the work to the computer. > > Mmmh, maybe I should create a pocket guide for elderly Clojure coders > someday... > > Luc P. > > > Current best practice in my view: > > > > For Clojure 1.4+, do not use :use at all. Use :require :refer > > (judiciously). :refer :all is almost never a good idea. > > > > For Clojure 1.3 and below, :use :only is strongly encouraged. Bare :use > is > > almost never good. > > > > Justin > > > > On Thursday, November 8, 2012 11:57:21 AM UTC-5, David McNeil wrote: > > > > > > I notice the following item at > > > http://dev.clojure.org/display/design/Library+Coding+Standards > > > > > > "Be explicit and minimalist about dependencies on other packages. > > > (Prefer the :only option to use and require)." > > > > > > The page was last edited on Mar 29, 2011 and ns usage has been > discussed a > > > fair bit since then... this leads to the question: > > > > > > Is the item quoted above still the standard for Clojure Libraries? > > > > > > Thanks. > > > -David > > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Clojure" group. > > To post to this group, send email to clo...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> > > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > clojure+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > -- > Softaddicts<lprefo...@softaddicts.ca <javascript:>> sent by ibisMail from > my ipad! > -- 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
