This is just a bug :when should only have special meaning if it occurs in a list not a vector. Please file a ticket in JIRA: http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/MATCH
David On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 8:54 PM, Yong <yong...@10gic.net> wrote: > I have a sequence of keywords which I want to use match on. However, :when > has a special meaning, which means I cannot do something like: > > > (let [x [:ok :when :where]] > (match [x] > [[_ :when _]] :a0)) > > > which gives a "clojure.lang.Compiler$CompilerException: > java.lang.AssertionError: Assert failed: Unknown predicate in [_]" error. > > How can I escape keywords to make them literal? I suppose I can do > something like: > > (let [x [:ok :when :where] > w :when] > (match [x] > [[_ w _]] :a0)) > > but is there a better way? > > -- > -- > 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. > > > -- -- 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.
