>> Huh, interesting. I assumed ^:foo meta syntax was new to 1.3, and
>> wouldn't compile at all in 1.2. But now I see that in 1.2 it's
>> equivalent to ^{:tag :foo} - not useful, but not damaging either. I
>> guess I'll start using ^:dynamic myself.
>
> Actually, it causes compiler errors, when the compiler tries to use the
> keyword as a typehint. Unfortunately, this occurs in a pseudo-randomly when
> compiling code that uses the "hinted" var and leads to really cryptic error
> messages.
>> java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unable to
>> resolve classname: :dynamic

Sorry, trying to clarify, we're saying don't use ^:dynamic if you want
to be compatible with 1.2?  Instead use the full form ^{:dynamic
true}?

Thanks.

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