One common use is for referring to private functions in other namespaces. For example, say you want to write tests for foo.core/p, a privately defined function. It is private in terms of your intent as expressed in your API, but you can still access the var from foo.core-test and call the function in your tests as #'foo.core/p.
On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 10:29 PM, gaz jones <gareth.e.jo...@gmail.com>wrote: > its a reader macro equivalent to the var special form: > > (var symbol) > The symbol must resolve to a var, and the Var object itself (not its > value) is returned. The reader macro #'x expands to (var x). > > from: > > http://clojure.org/special_forms#var > > On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 9:11 PM, Alex Baranosky > <alexander.barano...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, I find it extremely hard to google this to learn more! I'd like to > > know some good sources of further information on when to use #' . It is > a > > bit mysterious to me at this point. > > > > -- > > 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<clojure%2bunsubscr...@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 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<clojure%2bunsubscr...@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 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
