On Friday, September 23, 2016 at 4:22:04 PM UTC-4, tbc++ wrote: > > > So that would be my rationale for it..it's easy to see by the first > character of a term what data structure the term will become ( > https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Learning_Clojure/Reader_Macros). And that's > just one of many reasons (without even mentioning backwards compatibility), > postfix colons on keywords will never happen. > > Just to clear, I'm not suggesting that the current notation go away. Breaking backwards compatibility would be nuts, of course. Just wonder if the alternative notation could *also* be supported.
I think I found the relevant source code (https://github.com/clojure/clojure/blob/d274b2b96588b100c70be065f949e1fdc9e7e14d/src/jvm/clojure/lang/LispReader.java#L396). Looking at that it seems at least plausible. -- 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.
