Jürgen Hötzel <juer...@hoetzel.info> writes: > If a symbol X is interned twice, shouldn't the second Symbol.intern(X) > return the previous interned symbol object?
Symbols in Clojure can have metadata, and so can’t have pure value-based identity. Keywords fill that role instead, which is why keywords can’t hold metadata, and why `Keyword/intern` *does* act as you had expected `Symbol/intern` to act. Or at least this is my understanding – I hope it helps. -Marshall -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
