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Re:Steve Yegge v. Rich Hickey re: "Clojure just needs to sta... by steve_yegge on Wednesday April 20, 2011 @03:43PM (#2468065)
Most of the user annoyance vanishes if declare were to support qualified names: (declare other-namespace/symbol). Is there a technical limitation here?

-steve

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Re:Steve Yegge v. Rich Hickey re: "Clojure just needs to sta... by richhickey on Wednesday April 20, 2011 @04:20PM (#2468209)
One problem is what to do if the other-namespace doesn't already exist. It would have to be created, and that initialization is unlikely to be the same as the declared one. Possibly follow-on effects when it is subsequently required. The other option, with similar issues, is to allow fully qualified references to non-existent vars in code.
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Re:Steve Yegge v. Rich Hickey re: "Clojure just needs to sta... by billmcneale on Wednesday April 20, 2011 @07:53PM (#2468893)
If it doesn't already exist, then you issue a compilation error. Better then than the way it works today, IMO.
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Re:Steve Yegge v. Rich Hickey re: "Clojure just needs to sta... by barry-cotter on Wednesday April 20, 2011 @05:08PM (#2468388)
Don't sign comments. Your username is visible.
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