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Automatically referred namespaces in REPL
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Description
https://clojurians.slack.com/archives/C053AK3F9/p1598976986152700
there are a handful of things that are "auto-referred" in the repl, like pprint
that list is defined at https://github.com/clojure/clojure/blob/master/src/clj/clojure/main.clj#L355-L359
(def
^{:doc "A sequence of lib specs that are applied to `require` by default when a new command-line REPL is started."}
repl-requires
'[[clojure.repl :refer (source apropos dir pst doc find-doc)]
[clojure.java.javadoc :refer (javadoc)]
[clojure.pprint :refer (pp pprint)]])
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the referenced repl-requires definition in src/clj/clojure/main.clj and the linked Slack discussion. Confirm which namespaces or vars should be automatically referred and where this behavior belongs; the issue is complete only when the intended REPL defaults are agreed and represented in the project.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- clojure
- Domain
- cli, developer-experience
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100