eval.clj

;; This is how namespaces are serialized to a string
clojail.core> (print-dup *ns* *out*)
#=(find-ns clojail.core)nil

;; This is how they're printed normally
clojail.core> (eval `(println ~*ns*))
#<Namespace clojail.core>
nil

;; Sensibly, you can't deserialize a namespace when read-eval is false
clojail.core> (binding [*read-eval* false] (eval `(println ~*ns*)))
; Evaluation aborted.

;; But why doesn't this work? Shouldn't ~ns expand
;; into (find-ns clojail.core) *before* read-eval is disabled?
clojail.core> (let [code `(println ~*ns*)] 
                (binding [*read-eval* false]
                  (eval code)))
; Evaluation aborted.