While there is no reader syntax for the empty symbol, I agree that the
StringIndexOutOfBoundsException is wonky and should be fixed. Though some
might view it as a consequence of clojure's GIGO philosophy, I don't concur
with such arguments, because the separation of read and eval is there for a
Ran into this weird case while writing some test code:
user=> (symbol "")
user=> (symbol? (symbol ""))
true
user=> (ns-resolve *ns* (symbol ""))
StringIndexOutOfBoundsException String index out of range: 0
java.lang.String.charAt (String.java:658)
I'm guessing that the ghost symbol should
