That is too close to a literal set or literal map for my tastes… > On 13 Nov 2015, at 14:30, Gary Trakhman <gary.trakh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > A pair of curly brackets with a single value isn't part of the grammar > either, and I think reads better than _ > > On Nov 13, 2015 8:47 AM, "Colin Yates" <colin.ya...@gmail.com > <mailto:colin.ya...@gmail.com>> wrote: > Really, I don’t mind - I would just like consistency :-) > > One argument for the right delimiter of some sort is that it is unambiguous > and therefore nobody can misinterpret it. If you were unfamiliar with a > validation library and it reported <start>[:a :b :c must be “2”]</start> you > _could_ interpret that as either the literal 2 or a string containing 2. To > interpret it correctly you must know more than just the literal text, > therefore it isn’t a great choice. > > I like _ because <start>[:a :b :c must be _”2”_]</start> is less open to > misinterpretation because the _ symbol is not part of the Clojure grammar > (unlike brackets and quotes). It is also idiomatic to use as a symbol to mean > “I don’t care about the value of this” which has some symmetry (albeit at a > stretch) in the use I am proposing here. > >> On 13 Nov 2015, at 13:19, Atamert Ölçgen <mu...@muhuk.com >> <mailto:mu...@muhuk.com>> wrote: >> >> Hi Colin, >> >> Why not just "2"? >> >> On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 1:55 PM, Colin Yates <colin.ya...@gmail.com >> <mailto:colin.ya...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Can we, the community agree a consistent way of rendering Clojure EDN when >> we report it in info or error. For example, given the EDN "2" (i.e. a string >> containing a single character 2) I have seen various libraries render it as: >> >> - 2 >> - "2" >> - ["2"] >> - [2] >> - (2) >> - '"2"' >> >> I would like to propose that we standardise around "_" as the boundary >> character as that isn't likely to be used in (except for some markup I guess >> but that is pretty unlikely), so a test framework might render as such: >> >> - expected _2_ but was _"2"_ >> >> Please? :-) >> >> -- >> 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 >> <mailto: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 >> <mailto:clojure%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en >> <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 >> <mailto:clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >> >> >> >> -- >> Kind Regards, >> Atamert Ölçgen >> >> ◻◼◻ >> ◻◻◼ >> ◼◼◼ >> >> www.muhuk.com <http://www.muhuk.com/> >> >> -- >> 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 >> <mailto: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 >> <mailto:clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en >> <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 >> <mailto:clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > 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 > <mailto: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 > <mailto:clojure%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > <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 > <mailto:clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > -- > 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 > <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 > <mailto:clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>.
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