require :require

hi all, What's the differences between those two snippets? 1. (ns a (require [a.b])) 2. (ns a (:require [a.b])) They all works in my code! thx~ -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Clojure group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: require :require

I believe one is a directive and the other is a function.:require doesn't need the values to be quoted (:require xyz)require needs values to be quoted so that they're not evaluated when passed as arguments (require 'xyz)I could be wrong though.  06.12.2013, 18:17, "BillZhang"

Re: require :require

Inside the ns form they are the same. Outside the ns form, only (require '[a.b]) works (with quoting, as Kelker said). Jonathan On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Kelker Ryan theinter...@yandex.com wrote: I believe one is a directive and the other is a function. :require doesn't need the

Re: require :require

You might find this useful: http://blog.8thlight.com/colin-jones/2010/12/05/clojure-libs-and-namespaces-require-use-import-and-ns.html -- -- 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