The reasoning for the cpp namespace

All forms related to C++ interop in jank are under the special cpp/ namespace. This is a departure from normal Clojure interop. It was done for simplicity, to provide some insulation between Clojure and C++.

With that said, it is not yet determined if this namespace will stay. For some special forms, like cpp/raw, I think it makes sense. Although, for typical day to day object creation and member access, the cpp/ namespace is likely overly noisy.

There are concerns with functions like clojure.core/int being ambiguous with cpp/int. It could be that only types are pulled from cpp/, but consistency is also sanity.

However, it’s worth considering that cpp/ is useful if jank provides interop with other native languages, such as Rust. In which case, we may want to disambiguate with cpp/ and rs/.

As you explore the jank alpha release, please consider this and provide feedback.