A solution for http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23132527/how-can-i-evaluate-symbol-and-symbol-1-with-the-same-name

gistfile1.clj

(defrecord Path [path]
  clojure.lang.IFn
  (invoke [this n]
    (clojure.string/replace path ":id" (str n))))

(defmethod print-method Path [o ^java.io.Writer w]
  (.write w (str "#path\"" (:path o) "\"")))

(set! *data-readers* (assoc *data-readers* 'path ->Path))

(comment

  user=> (def p #path"/articles/:id/edit")
  #'user/p
  user=> p
  #path"/articles/:id/edit"
  user=> (p 1)
  "/articles/1/edit"
  user=>

)