ns alias about edn HOT 2 CLOSED

also see #78

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It is possible to write such a map as

#:dda.provision{:provisioner :dda.provision.dry-run/dry-run
                :user "user"
                :module "dda-provision"
                :sub-module "should-execute"
                :filename "aFile"}

These namespaced maps where introduced in Clojure 1.9 (https://clojure.org/reference/reader#_maps). They are not mentioned in EDN format specification (awaiting BNF). Namespaced maps works when reading EDN with clojure.edn in versions >= 1.9:

(clojure.edn/read-string "#:a{:b 1 :c 1}")
#:a{:b 1, :c 1}

If you specify other qualified keys inside the map the namespace in front of the map vanishes:

(clojure.edn/read-string "#:a{:b 1 :c 1 :other/test 2}")
{:a/b 1, :a/c 1, :other/test 2}

As you can see above the default namespace a is overridden by giving a qualified keyword inside the map (like :other/test).

I do not know if this functionality is supported in other EDN-readers.

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