Well, do actually means "execute all of the following forms, sequentially, at this point". It seems to me that the position of saying this also works when "this point" is the top-level is sensible.
I do not know what your actual use-case is, but, as Meikel said, it seems a bit strange to use intern if you know the symbol at compile time. On Friday, 20 September 2013, Phillip Lord wrote: > Meikel Brandmeyer <brandmeyer.mei...@gmail.com <javascript:;>> writes: > > 2013/9/20 Phillip Lord <phillip.l...@newcastle.ac.uk <javascript:;>> > >> (def bob3 3) > >> > >> introduces a new symbol, I am struggling to see why > >> > >> (intern 'user 'bob3 3) > >> > >> cannot be recognised similarly. > >> > > > > Because intern happens at runtime. It's a normal function. The above > intern > > call is easily translated to the def. intern is only interesting when > bob3 > > is computed based on runtime information, which is not available at > compile > > time. But then the compile cannot special case it anyway. > > > From a user perspective, I think that this is very messy. I can see your > example about "do", but then I think using a common form like do is a > mistake; having "do" behave differently depending on whether it is top > level or not is exposing a lot of detail that should not be. > > 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<javascript:;> > 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 <javascript:;> > 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 <javascript:;>. > 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.
