I've read comparisons between smartparens and paredit, but I haven't found the c...

michaelsbradley · on Nov 28, 2014

Good question.

Smartparens is actively maintained, which for me is an attractive "feature" when evaluating any tool that is to find a prominent place in my workflow. Also, its extensible design allows it to be used with languages and data formats other than lisp/scheme dialects, so it has a broader reach than paredit.

As for wrangling sexprs in, say, Clojure, I think paredit and smartparens are one equal footing. I still stand by my original statement inasmuch as I think smartparens is a worthy successor to paredit.

weavejester · on Nov 28, 2014

Thanks for the answer. Have you tried paxedit? If so, how does that compare to smartparens?

michaelsbradley · on Nov 28, 2014

I have not tried paxedit, but it looks intriguing and I will give it a spin at some point.

Have you tried it? If so, what do you think of it with respect to paredit?

weavejester · on Nov 29, 2014

I haven't yet, but I intend to when I get some time. I was hoping to find someone else to give me an opinion on how it compared to paredit and smartparens, before I tried it out :)

mark_h · on Nov 26, 2014

Smartparens will work with xml tags and more.

(I still use paredit for lisp languages though, and I can't remember if there was a reason for that or it's just inertia/conservatism).