Should name throw on nil?

Question

The name function throws NullPointerException on nil. Since the name function is about obtaining the string form of a specific object it should not throw on nil. It should just return the nil object as the str fn does.

Answer 1

Comment made by: wagjo

added patch with test

Answer 2

Reference: https://clojure.atlassian.net/browse/CLJ-1383 (reported by alex+import)