Re: use/require/import and quoted form

2014-03-02 Thread Andy Smith
Oh I see, so we are using exactly the right datatype for the purpose... thanks :o) -- 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 b

Re: use/require/import and quoted form

2014-02-16 Thread James Reeves
Symbols are used in Clojure to represent identifiers, and in this case we're identifying a namespace. I believe it's also the case that a valid symbol is also a valid namespace name. - James On 16 February 2014 10:39, Andy Smith wrote: > > (require 'clojure.string) > > Im just wondering why t

Re: use/require/import and quoted form

2014-02-16 Thread Andy Smith
(require 'clojure.string) Im just wondering why the language chose to use the quote form, rather than a string or a keyword e.g. (require "clojure.string") (require :clojure.string) There obviously must be a good reason why. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the G

Re: use/require/import and quoted form

2014-02-07 Thread Matt Mitchell
Can you give a code example? - Matt On Thursday, February 6, 2014 3:15:13 AM UTC-5, Andy Smith wrote: > > Hi, > > I was wondering why use/require and import take quoted forms as their > arguments, other alternatives could be strings or keywords, so what is > special about the choice of quoted f

use/require/import and quoted form

2014-02-06 Thread Andy Smith
Hi, I was wondering why use/require and import take quoted forms as their arguments, other alternatives could be strings or keywords, so what is special about the choice of quoted form here? Andy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To