The problems you mention seem generic issues others face when using clojure in similar ways. So may be we can convince clojure core developers to add hooks that

The problems you mention seem generic issues others face when using clojure in similar ways. So may be we can convince clojure core developers to add hooks that provide these features without having to introduce new fileextensions each time somebody needs to refer an extra namespace by default. Just a suggestion. But the current solution seems reasonable until then.