Different behaviour when using (def ^:macro ...) outside top-level

2013-09-12 Thread André Gustavo Rigon 
Hi!

If I evaluate

(def ^:macro my-defn1 #'defn)

a macro named 'my-defn1' is defined, which I can use like 'defn'.

However, if I use instead

(if true
  (def ^:macro my-defn2 #'defn))

the var for 'my-defn2' doesn't have the :macro metadata set and I can't use 
it as a macro, even though the 'def' form is equal to the previous case.

Here is a paste: http://cljbin.com/paste/52322ba5e4b0fa645e7f9243

What makes the behaviour different?

Thanks!

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Re: Different behaviour when using (def ^:macro ...) outside top-level

2013-09-13 Thread André Gustavo Rigon 
Yeah, it's the difference in behaviour that I don't understand.

Thanks for the workaround though Gunnar.

On Friday, September 13, 2013 2:35:37 AM UTC-3, Cedric Greevey wrote:
>
> On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 1:08 AM, Gunnar Völkel 
> 
> > wrote:
>
>> `def` does not handle `:macro true` metadata on the provided symbol.
>>
>  
> Umm ... according to the OP, it worked perfectly when the def was a 
> top-level form, just not when it was nested in an if. If your claim were 
> correct the OP would have had no joy with either my-defn1 *or* my-defn2, 
> rather than only the latter not working.
>
>

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