This has came up numerous times in other posts here. I can't hunt them down currently but the quoted symbol issue you showed is just a misunderstanding of how the reader macro for metadata works.
Try (meta '^{:foo :bar} a) When you put the reader macro in front of the quote it is applied to the quote form itself - as a data structure list - and then the metadata is not propagated to the return of the eval of the quote so it seems "lost". -- 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/d/optout.