The :context basically tells the compiler if the return value is required (:statement vs. :expr). A :statement does not need to return something and "if" in javascript does not return something.
If an "if" is compiled with :expr it generates (condition ? yes : no) instead of "if" for :statement. The compiler assumes :statement as the default for the top-level but when working with a REPL that is not the case since you want the result, so :expr must be set. The standard cljs repl wraps everything in a pr-str so that problem does not show there. Hope that made sense, but no it is not a bug. Cheers, /thomas On Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 4:07:12 PM UTC+2, J David Eisenberg wrote: > Sorry for the bad netiquette of responding to one's own post, but I am > wondering if the compile in the condition that doesn't use {:content :expr} > is a bug rather than something that should be expected. -- Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ClojureScript" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojurescript+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to clojurescript@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/clojurescript.