Brian, let's make it more concrete then...why should the Clojure compiler continue to support undocumented features that make code unportable?
On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 4:48 PM, Brian Marick <mar...@roundingpegs.com> wrote: > > On Aug 20, 2016, at 5:26 PM, s...@corfield.org wrote: > > I disagree (strongly) with your position here Brian. I’ll try to explain > clearly why but first a little background… > > > I too have felt the pain of having to maintain backward compatibility. > However, I’m reminded, in this case, of Mark Twain’s “The cat, having sat > upon a hot stove lid, will not sit upon a hot stove lid again. But he won't > sit upon a cold stove lid, either.” > > That’s why I tend to ask questions, not about abstract principles, but > about what - given these particular alternatives - happens to which people? > > The problem with recourse to general principles and past experience is > that it’s easy to overlook that I’m suggesting a change from: > > ns-clause-header ::= keyword? > > … to: > > ns-clause-header ::= keyword? || symbol? > > > -- > 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. > -- “One of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that–lacking zero–they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs.” (Robert Firth) -- 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.
