It’s working as expected. The :: notation is expanded by the reader, before evaluation. As keywords are basically constants (like numbers or strings), you rarely see them quoted.
> On Jul 26, 2016, at 8:52 AM, Mamun <mamuni...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi > > How does clojure.core quote function work for keyword? If it is namespace > keyword then it is displaying with namespace. Is it excepted result? > > (println (quote a)) > => a > > (println (quote :a) ) > => :a > > (println (quote ::a) ) > => :user/a ;; I am expecting it should display ::a -- 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/d/optout.