http://dev.clojure.org/jira This file is an XML representation of an issue en-us 4.4 649 25-07-2011 http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-891 Clojure <p>I've run across the need to do (symbol <b>ns</b> "bar") a few times, and the existing approach (symbol (name (ns-name <b>ns</b>)) "bar") just doesn't seem like it ought to be the only way to do the job. Includes a patch to make this work, by adding a new arity to Symbol.intern().</p> <p>Some discussion on this idea, here: <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/clojure/n25aZ5HA7hc/discussion">https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/clojure/n25aZ5HA7hc/discussion</a></p> CLJ-891

make (symbol foo "bar") work with foo being a namespace

Enhancement Minor Open Unresolved Unassigned Joe Gallo Mon, 5 Dec 2011 10:13:58 -0600 Fri, 2 Mar 2012 16:53:07 -0600 Reviewed Backlog 3 4 <p>I am not sure I like this, but I would like a rethink of names and namespaces. Doing a lot of cross language work, it would be great to have protocols for "I have a name" and for "I have a namespace".</p> <p>With such protocols in place, it would also be possible to separately consider implementing symbol et al in terms of them. </p> <p>Named being a protocol or an interface seems orthogonal to being able to create a symbol qualified with a namespace when you have a namespace in hand.</p> <p>I don't think the patch goes far enough, not only should (symbol <b>ns</b> "foo") be supported, but also (symbol <b>ns</b> 'foo), given that (symbol 'foo) works and (symbol "foo") works, (symbol 'bar 'foo) should also work, but doesn't.</p> <p>if Named is a protocol, and if you extend it to String, and if you make the symbol function create symbols from one or two Named things you still end up having to do (symbol (ns-name <b>ns</b>) 'foo) or (symbol (ns-name <b>ns</b>) "foo")</p> <p>Stuart, I'm not opposed to the idea of separate protocols for Named and Namespaced. Where should I go about creating a proposal to create those protocols and get them into clojure? I'm interested in doing the leg-work, or being a part of it. But as an outsider, I don't know what to do next &#8211; creating a ticket in Jira exhausted my knowledge of the process.</p> <p>The same enhancement that joe suggests for symbol, would also apply to keyword.</p> <p>See: <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/clojure/browse_thread/thread/222e4abc16df8b20">http://groups.google.com/group/clojure/browse_thread/thread/222e4abc16df8b20</a></p> <p>Probably same/similar solution applies to both issues.</p> <p>-FrankS.</p> Global Rank Patch Code