github.com/weavejester/environ/ + environment variables. 12-factor it that 
way, proxy the environment variables via a config namespace so that 
configuration values are programmatically generated in case something needs 
to intervene.

On Monday, January 13, 2014 5:50:54 AM UTC-8, James Trunk wrote:
>
> I've been investigating how to handle configuration in a Clojure 
> application/library, and have discovered two main candidates: dynamics vars 
> and argument passing.
>
> The downsides to dynamic vars seem to be: hiddenness, thread safety, and 
> more complex tests (binding before each test).
>
> The downside to argument passing is noise in the code (especially when 
> you're just passing the config through). Longer and more descriptive names 
> for the config (i.e. not "ctx" or "cfg") make this noise even more painful.
>
> Are there any alternatives that I've missed? What is the current best 
> practice for handling configuration?
>
> Cheers,
> James
>

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