+1 for backquotes, as I understand then without needing to think about it because of markdown. (I use them in docstrings and commit messages and error messages, too.) On Nov 13, 2015 10:26 AM, "Steve Miner" <stevemi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> For what it’s worth, I like to use matching `backquotes` as a meta-syntax. > > (defn expected [exp was] > (format "Expected `%s` but was `%s`" (pr-str exp) (pr-str was))) > > (println (expected 2 "2")) > ;=> Expected `2` but was `"2"` > > > > > On Nov 13, 2015, at 6:55 AM, Colin Yates <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 > 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. > -- 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.
