EDN Schemas?

[Brandon Bloom]

Considering EDN is a simpler XML, can we also get a simpler XSD?

David Nolen and I were discussing the potential for formalizing the ClojureScript AST. My first thought was that I wish I had an AST validator, like the ASTValidator.java in Google Closure. My next thought was "I'm sure core.logic could make this very easy". I typed not more than two sentences of notes on this topic before I thought: This smells an awful lot like XML Schemas...

[Trevor Wennblom]

👍

[Chris Houser]

Would Prismatic's schema suffice?
https://github.com/prismatic/schema

[Trevor Wennblom]

@Chouser thanks!

[Brandon Bloom]

@Chouser Funny timing. David just brought this topic back up today in IRC.

Prismatic's schema probably covers this for many folks, but it's probably not the right fit for the ClojureScript compiler's needs for a variety of reasons not worth going in to here.

[Trevor Wennblom]

@brandonbloom Off-topic: I use fipp every day. ❤️ 🍻

[Brandon Bloom]

@trevor Awesome! I get so few bug reports that I can only assume A) Nobody uses it or B) It's perfect. From now on, I'll assume #2.

[Rich Hickey]

Schemas out of scope for now.

[Brandon Bloom]

Now that we've got a simpler XML and a simpler XSD, can we get a simpler XPath? ;) Thanks much for the work on this and clojure.spec!

[Ryan Schmitt]

@brandonbloom Pardon my ignorance, but what is the simpler XSD you're referring to?

[Brandon Bloom]

https://clojure.org/about/spec

[Ryan Schmitt]

I guess you can call spec a simpler XSD; I think I was just taking you too literally.