Jim <jimpil1...@gmail.com> writes: > On 19/06/13 09:46, Phillip Lord wrote: >> With the ' paul is not namespace qualified, while with the ` paul is. >> >> >> Turns out to be a bit of a pain, actually, although I have worked around >> it. But mostly I am surprised. Is this expected? > > Yes, this is very much expected! :) > > How else would you be able to write macros without ` ?
Well, that doesn't answer the question. The backtick is useful in writing macros (although the situation this caused me grief, actually, I wasn't). So is quote. But then I do not understand why the behaviour is different between the two. > Vars needs to resolve to something eventually... There are no vars involved here. `paul expands to a namespace qualified symbol irrespective of the existence of a var. Phil -- -- 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/groups/opt_out.
