Symbols starting and ending with "." are reserved.
see http://clojure.org/reader the section on Symbols

On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Michael Wood <esiot...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 8:22 PM, Kevin Downey <redc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> this came up on irc starting:
>> http://clojure-log.n01se.net/date/2009-02-18.html#23:49
>> and the solution:
>> http://clojure-log.n01se.net/date/2009-02-19.html#0:30
>
> Interesting.
>
> I noticed something similar the other day:
>
> user=> (defn ... [] (print 'something))
> #'user/...
> user=> (...)
> java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Malformed member expression,
> expecting (.member target ...) (NO_SOURCE_FILE:4)
> user=>
>
> But I suppose that's a reader macro thing?
>
> --
> Michael Wood <esiot...@gmail.com>
>
> >
>



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