I was wondering about the rationale for the unreadable keywords a while a ago.
Weavejester pointed me to https://clojure.org/guides/faq#unreadable_keywords and https://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-2309 Erik. -- i farta > 9. aug. 2018 kl. 06:48 skrev Didier <didi...@gmail.com>: > > Thanks Andy, ya I actually realized this, I'm using a custom reader literal > now instead. > >> Why are you fighting so hard to make keywords with spaces? If you need >> things with spaces, use strings. > > Why have keywords at all then? What does a space add that somehow negates the > premise of keywords? > > I see keywords over strings give you interning, namespaces, and the semantic > that this value serves as an identifier. What's wrong with having that and a > space as well? > > Also, to be more specific to my use case. If I convert ION symbols to Clojure > strings, I've lost information, and can no longer convert back to the same > ION. > > I need to do ION -> EDN -> ION in a lossless way. Piggybacking on keywords > seemed easiest. > > -- > 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.
