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<h2>Problem</h2><p>There is currently no unified field access syntax between Clojure and ClojureScript.</p><p><em>(covered by ticket <a href="http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJS-89">CLJS-89</a>)</em></p><p>Currently ClojureScript provides the following dot access syntaxes:</p><table class="wysiwyg-macro" data-macro-name="noformat" style="background-image: url(/plugins/servlet/confluence/placeholder/macro-heading?definition=e25vZm9ybWF0fQ&amp;locale=en_GB&amp;version=2); background-repeat: no-repeat;" data-macro-body-type="PLAIN_TEXT"><tr><td class="wysiwyg-macro-body"><pre>(.p o)           ;=> a property access

(.m o &lt;args>)    ;=> a method call

(. o p)          ;=> a property access

(. o p &lt;args>)   ;=> a method call

(. o (m))        ;=> a method call

(. o (m &lt;args>)) ;=> a method call
</pre></td></tr></table><p>This is potentially confusing. Especially considering that Clojure looks as follows:</p><table class="wysiwyg-macro" data-macro-name="noformat" style="background-image: url(/plugins/servlet/confluence/placeholder/macro-heading?definition=e25vZm9ybWF0fQ&amp;locale=en_GB&amp;version=2); background-repeat: no-repeat;" data-macro-body-type="PLAIN_TEXT"><tr><td class="wysiwyg-macro-body"><pre>(.p o)           ;=> a property access if p is a property

(.p o)           ;=> a method call if p is a method

(.m o &lt;args>)    ;=> a method call

(. o p)          ;=> a property access if p is a property

(. o p)          ;=> a method call if p is a method

(. o p &lt;args>)   ;=> a method call

(. o (m))        ;=> a method call

(. o (m &lt;args>)) ;=> a method call
</pre></td></tr></table><p>The divergence between the Clojure and ClojureScript way is due to first-class functions. That is, in JavaScript a property can be a field or a function or a method. There is currently no way to distinguish between the desire to call a method and retrieve a function as a property except through syntax.</p><h2>Potential Solution</h2><p>A way to shorten the gap between Clojure and ClojureScript is to use the following syntax for ClojureScript:</p><table class="wysiwyg-macro" data-macro-name="noformat" style="background-image: url(/plugins/servlet/confluence/placeholder/macro-heading?definition=e25vZm9ybWF0fQ&amp;locale=en_GB&amp;version=2); background-repeat: no-repeat;" data-macro-body-type="PLAIN_TEXT"><tr><td class="wysiwyg-macro-body"><pre>(.p o)           ;=> a method call

(.m o &lt;args>)    ;=> a method call

(. o p)          ;=> a method call

(. o p &lt;args>)   ;=> a method call

(. o (m))        ;=> a method call

(. o (m &lt;args>)) ;=> a method call

(. o -p)         ;=> a property access

(.-p o)          ;=> a property access  
</pre></td></tr></table><p>Thus reserving the single hyphenated symbol form for property access.  This functionality should also be created in Clojure.  This would require a breaking change in ClojureScript and only an enhancement to Clojure.</p>