babashka
Namespaces with `*` can't be found.
version
v1.3.196
platform
macOS Sequoia 15.3.2
problem
Namespace symbols with * don't seem to work.
$ bb repl-clj
Clojure 1.12.0
user=> (require '[test-nbb-ns.test-cljc :as test-cljc])
nil
user=> (test-cljc/hello)
"Hello from test-nbb-ns.test-cljc!"
nil
user=> (require '[test-nbb-ns.*test-cljc* :as *test-cljc*])
nil
user=> (*test-cljc*/hello)
"Hello from test-nbb-ns.*test-cljc*!"
nil
$ bb repl-cljs
Welcome to nbb v1.3.196!
user=> (require '[test-nbb-ns.test-cljc :as test-cljc])
nil
user=> (test-cljc/hello)
"Hello from test-nbb-ns.test-cljc!"
nil
user=> (require '[test-nbb-ns.*test-cljc* :as *test-cljc*])
"Error: Could not find namespace: test-nbb-ns.*test-cljc*"
user=> (require '[test-nbb-ns.test-cljs :as test-cljs])
nil
user=> (test-cljs/hello)
"Hello from test-nbb-ns.test-cljs!"
nil
user=> (require '[test-nbb-ns.*test-cljs* :as *test-cljs*])
"Error: Could not find namespace: test-nbb-ns.*test-cljs*"
There may be other characters which are allowed in symbols that don't work, but I haven't tested those.
https://clojure.org/reference/reader#_symbols
repro
https://github.com/commiterate/test-nbb-ns
This is using :local/root "." in nbb.edn to defer to deps.edn.
The generated .nbb has files for all the namespaces.
.nbb
└── .cache
└── 234d643b78573b567a783af269377ad0cd729227
├── deps.edn
├── nbb-deps
│ ├── META-INF
│ │ └── MANIFEST.MF
│ └── test_nbb_ns
│ ├── *test_cljc*.cljc
│ ├── *test_cljs*.cljs
│ ├── test_cljc.cljc
│ └── test_cljs.cljs
└── nbb-deps.jar
expected behavior
Namespaces with * work like in Clojure (Java).
It appears ClojureScript itself also suffers from this problem:
This is JVM Clojure:
$ clj
Clojure 1.11.1
user=> (require '[scittle.foo*])
:hello
This is a node REPL with normal CLJS:
$ clj -Sdeps '{:deps {org.clojure/clojurescript {:mvn/version "RELEASE"} org.clojure/tools.reader {:mvn/version "RELEASE"}}}' -M -m cljs.main -re node
ClojureScript 1.11.132
cljs.user=> (require '[scittle.foo*])
Unexpected error (ExceptionInfo) compiling at (<cljs repl>:1:1).
No such namespace: scittle.foo*, could not locate scittle/foo_STAR_.cljs, scittle/foo_STAR_.cljc, or JavaScript source providing "scittle.foo*" (Please check that namespaces with dashes use underscores in the ClojureScript file name) at line 1 <cljs repl>
Hmm don't see an issue in the ClojureScript JIRA either from a cursory search nor is it mentioned in the ClojureScript differences from Clojure page.
I think most people just avoid using * in filenames because it's very inconvenient in combination with bash, perhaps?
Probably. I was using earmuffed namespace fragments for AWS infrastructure where we deploy identical stacks to multiple regions.
I'm modeling the deployment tree in Hiccup-like syntax:
my_service/infrastructure.cljs
(ns my-service.infrastructure
(:require
["aws-cdk-lib" :as aws-cdk-lib]))
(def app
(aws-cdk-lib/App.))
; Hiccup-like nodes of [type data & children].
;
; Stratified by service → stage → region.
(def service
[:service
{:name "my-service"}
[:stage
{:name "alpha"}
[:region
{:name "us-east-1"
:account "000000000000"}]
[:region
{:name "us-west-2"
:account "111111111111"}]]
[:stage
{:name "beta"}
[:region
{:name "us-east-1"
:account "222222222222"}]
[:region
{:name "us-west-2"
:account "333333333333"}]]])
; Calls a supplied function `f` with the node paths for a stratum.
;
; A node path is a vector of nodes from the parent to the child.
;
; Returns a map of node paths to the return value of `f`.
(defn map-stratum-paths
[stratum-type f])
To prevent this infra file from being enormous, the resources are split across per-stratum ClojureScript files like my_service/infrastructure/*service*/*stage*/*region*.cljs. The earmuffs are used to indicate dynamism like how they're usually used for var names.
my_service/infrastructure/*service*/*stage*/*region*.cljs
(ns my-service.infrastructure.*service*.*stage*.*region*
(:require
["aws-cdk-lib" :as aws-cdk-lib]
["aws-cdk-lib/aws-s3" :as s3]
[clojure.string :as string]
[my-service.infrastructure :as i]))
(def stacks
(i/map-stratum-paths
:region
(fn
[[[_ service-data & _] [_ stage-data & _] [_ region-data & _]]]
(aws-cdk-lib/Stack.
i/app
(string/join "." [(service-data :name) (stage-data :name) (region-data :name)])
(clj->js
{:env {:account (region-data :account)
:region (region-data :name)}})))))
(def image-buckets
(i/map-stratum-paths
:region
(fn
[[[_ service-data & _] [_ stage-data & _] [_ region-data & _] :as node-path]]
(s3/Bucket.
(stacks node-path)
"bucket"
(clj->js
{:bucketName (string/join "." [(service-data :name) (stage-data :name) (region-data :name) "image-bucket"])
:publicAccessBlockConfiguration {:blockPublicAcls true
:blockPublicPolicy true
:ignorePublicAcls true
:restrictPublicBuckets true}})))))