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remove-ns

clojure.core

(remove-ns sym)

Removes the namespace named by the symbol. Use with caution.
Cannot be used to remove the clojure namespace.

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```
;; Let's create a namespace and the remove it

user=> (create-ns 'my-new-namespace)
#<Namespace my-new-namespace>

;; removing a namespace will give you the namespace you just deleted, if one existed
user=> (remove-ns 'my-new-namespace)
#<Namespace my-new-namespace>

;; removing a namespace that does not exist, will tell you that nothing was removed, 
;; by returning nill, and won't give any errors
user=> (remove-ns 'my-new-namespace)
nil
```
;; Let's create a namespace and the remove it user=> (create-ns 'my-new-namespace) #<Namespace my-new-namespace> ;; removing a namespace will give you the namespace you just deleted, if one existed user=> (remove-ns 'my-new-namespace) #<Namespace my-new-namespace> ;; removing a namespace that does not exist, will tell you that nothing was removed, ;; by returning nill, and won't give any errors user=> (remove-ns 'my-new-namespace) nil

Source clojure/core.clj:3189 top

(defn remove-ns
  "Removes the namespace named by the symbol. Use with caution.
  Cannot be used to remove the clojure namespace."
  {:added "1.0"}
  [sym] (clojure.lang.Namespace/remove sym))

Vars in clojure.core/remove-ns: defn

Used in 3 other vars with-temp-ns new-sandbox new-sandbox-compiler

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remove-ns

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