Clojurescript &

ampersand.cljs

;; I can use & as a name with def
(def & identity)

& ;=> #object[Function "function (a){return a}"]

;; But if I do
(& 42)

;; It throws the exception.

Exception in thread "main" clojure.lang.ExceptionInfo: failed compiling file:src/amp/core.cljs {:file #object[java.io.File 0x5e63cad "src/amp/core.cljs"]}, compiling/home/madstap/code/ampersand/build.clj:3:1)
at clojure.lang.Compiler.load(Compiler.java:7391)
at clojure.lang.Compiler.loadFile(Compiler.java:7317)
at clojure.main$load_script.invokeStatic(main.clj:275)
at clojure.main$script_opt.invokeStatic(main.clj:335)
at clojure.main$script_opt.invoke(main.clj:330)
at clojure.main$main.invokeStatic(main.clj:421)
at clojure.main$main.doInvoke(main.clj:384)
at clojure.lang.RestFn.invoke(RestFn.java:408)
at clojure.lang.Var.invoke(Var.java:379)
at clojure.lang.AFn.applyToHelper(AFn.java:154)
at clojure.lang.Var.applyTo(Var.java:700)
at clojure.main.main(main.java:37)
Caused by: clojure.lang.ExceptionInfo: failed compiling file:src/amp/core.cljs {:file #object[java.io.File 0x5e63cad "src/amp/core.cljs"]}
at clojure.core$ex_info.invokeStatic(core.clj:4617)
at cljs.compiler$compile_file$fn__3147.invoke(compiler.cljc:1406)
at cljs.compiler$compile_file.invokeStatic(compiler.cljc:1376)
at cljs.closure$compile_file.invokeStatic(closure.clj:430)
at cljs.closure$fn__4204.invokeStatic(closure.clj:497)
at cljs.closure$fn__4204.invoke(closure.clj:493)
at cljs.closure$fn_4146$G4139_4153.invoke(closure.clj:389)
at cljs.closure$compile_sources$iter_43154319$fn_4320.invoke(closure.clj:829)
at clojure.lang.LazySeq.sval(LazySeq.java:40)
at clojure.lang.LazySeq.seq(LazySeq.java:49)
at clojure.lang.Cons.next(Cons.java:39)
at clojure.lang.RT.next(RT.java:688)
at clojure.core$next__4341.invokeStatic(core.clj:64)
at clojure.core$dorun.invokeStatic(core.clj:3033)
at clojure.core$doall.invokeStatic(core.clj:3039)
at cljs.closure$compile_sources.invokeStatic(closure.clj:826)
at cljs.closure$build.invokeStatic(closure.clj:1942)
at cljs.build.api$build.invokeStatic(api.clj:198)
at cljs.build.api$build.invoke(api.clj:187)
at cljs.build.api$build.invokeStatic(api.clj:190)
at cljs.build.api$build.invoke(api.clj:187)
at user$eval24.invokeStatic(build.clj:3)
at user$eval24.invoke(build.clj:3)
at clojure.lang.Compiler.eval(Compiler.java:6927)
at clojure.lang.Compiler.load(Compiler.java:7379)
... 11 more
Caused by: clojure.lang.ExceptionInfo: No method in multimethod 'parse' for dispatch value: & at line 5 src/amp/core.cljs {:file "src/amp/core.cljs", :line 5, :column 1, :tag :cljs/analysis-error}
at clojure.core$ex_info.invokeStatic(core.clj:4617)
at cljs.analyzer$error.invokeStatic(analyzer.cljc:628)
at cljs.analyzer$analyze_seq_STAR__wrap.invokeStatic(analyzer.cljc:2871)
at cljs.analyzer$analyze_seq.invokeStatic(analyzer.cljc:2892)
at cljs.analyzer$analyze_form.invokeStatic(analyzer.cljc:3011)
at cljs.analyzer$analyze_STAR_.invokeStatic(analyzer.cljc:3056)
at cljs.analyzer$analyze.invokeStatic(analyzer.cljc:3073)
at cljs.compiler$emit_source.invokeStatic(compiler.cljc:1255)
at cljs.compiler$compile_file_STAR_$fn__3124.invoke(compiler.cljc:1325)
at cljs.compiler$with_core_cljs.invokeStatic(compiler.cljc:1159)
at cljs.compiler$compile_file_STAR_.invokeStatic(compiler.cljc:1316)
at cljs.compiler$compile_file$fn__3147.invoke(compiler.cljc:1396)
... 34 more
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: No method in multimethod 'parse' for dispatch value: &
at clojure.lang.MultiFn.getFn(MultiFn.java:156)
at clojure.lang.MultiFn.invoke(MultiFn.java:251)
at cljs.analyzer$analyze_seq_STAR_.invokeStatic(analyzer.cljc:2867)
at cljs.analyzer$analyze_seq_STAR__wrap.invokeStatic(analyzer.cljc:2870)
... 43 more