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51 changes: 51 additions & 0 deletions test/clojure/core_test/special_symbol_qmark.cljc
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(ns clojure.core-test.special-symbol-qmark
(:require [clojure.test :refer [deftest testing are]]
[clojure.core-test.portability #?(:cljs :refer-macros :default :refer) [when-var-exists]]))

(when-var-exists special-symbol?
(deftest test-special-symbol?

(testing "special symbols"
(are [arg] (special-symbol? 'arg)
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var))

(testing "more special symbols"
#?(:cljs "cljs doesn't have these"
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@jeaye would it be better to use when-var-defined for all of these or the current approach? If I understand correctly cljs simply doesn't have these symbols defined at all, not that it has them defined but as non special symbols

:default (are [arg] (special-symbol? 'arg)
clojure.core/import*
monitor-enter
monitor-exit
reify*)))

(testing "not special symbols"
(are [arg] (not (special-symbol? arg))
'a-symbol
'a-ns/a-qualified-symbol
'defn
'import
"not a symbol"
:k
0
0.0
true
false
nil))))