Thanks BG, I'm trying that.
But I don't think it addresses how to get from the string "version-0-1-1"
to the namespace something.something.version-0-1-1. How can I do that?

-A



On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 11:26 PM, Baishampayan Ghose <b.gh...@gmail.com>wrote:

> Alan,
>
> Something like this might work for you -
>
> (defmacro eval-in
>   "Eval a Clojure form in a different namespace and switch back to
> current namespace.
>
>    Args:
>    code - Clojure form as string
>    ns - Target namespace as string"
>   [code ns]
>   `(do
>      (in-ns '~(symbol ns))
>      (let [ret# (eval '~(read-string code))]
>        (in-ns '~(ns-name *ns*))
>        ret#)))
>
> Warning - I haven't really tested this code.
>
> -BG
>
> On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Alan Shaw <noden...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks, Las!
> >
> > Ok say I have a file in which there is string such as
> >
> > "(- (atan (bw-noise 902 2 0.7604615575402431 400 400))
> (read-image-from-file
> > \"images/Dawn_on_Callipygea.png\"))"
> >
> > and another
> >
> > "version-0-0-1"
> >
> > and I have a namespace version-0-0-1 into which functions named atan etc.
> > are all :referred.  I want to evaluate the expression in that particular
> > context, and not remain there when I'm done.
> >
> > -A
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 11:00 PM, László Török <ltoro...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> ah, sorry, it's a bit early for me
> >>
> >> (in-ns (ns-name user-ns))
> >>
> >> if you could post a simple example for the second part of your question
> I
> >> maybe able to help.
> >>
> >> Las
> >>
> >> Alan Shaw 2012. december 18., kedd napon a következőt írta:
> >>
> >>> Ah no, that puts me in a new user-ns namespace! Not what I wanted!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 10:51 PM, László Török <ltoro...@gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Try (in-ns 'user-ns)
> >>>>
> >>>> Las
> >>>>
> >>>> On Dec 18, 2012 7:50 AM, "Alan Shaw" <noden...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> user=> *ns*
> >>>>> #<Namespace user>
> >>>>> user=> (def user-ns *ns*)
> >>>>> #'user/user-ns
> >>>>> user=> user-ns
> >>>>> #<Namespace user>
> >>>>> user=> (in-ns user-ns)
> >>>>> ClassCastException clojure.lang.Namespace cannot be cast to
> >>>>> clojure.lang.Symbol  clojure.lang.RT$1.invoke (RT.java:226)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> It appears I'm not understanding how namespaces are represented.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Also, is it just wrong of me to want to remember a namespace I was
> >>>>> working in and try to go back to it later?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The slightly larger context is: I'm saving an s-expression with
> >>>>> unqualified names in it into a file as a string. Also saving a string
> >>>>> indicating the name of the environment in which that string should
> be (read
> >>>>> and) eval'ed so that the names will resolve to the appropriate
> functions.
> >>>>> Advice on managing this would be appreciated.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> -Alan Shaw
> >>>>>
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