Right, and one without the other doesn't do the trick. You need both auto-gensyms and namespace resolution to ensure hygiene in Clojure macros (cleanly at leas

Right, and one without the other doesn't do the trick. You need both auto-gensyms and namespace resolution to ensure hygiene in Clojure macros (cleanly at least). On the other hand as lg mentioned you can intentionally capture using the pattern described. So you get the best of both worlds with the stipulation that the case of intentional capture is a bit more cumbersome.