From b83b814e55f3fbda86449dfef8d8ca9ac6ec1a26 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michiel Borkent <michielborkent@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 16 May 2020 15:42:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] doc

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 See [deps.clj](doc/deps.clj.md) for a babashka script that replaces the `clojure` bash script.
 
+## Data readers
+
+Data readers can be enabled by setting `*data-readers*` to a hashmap of symbols
+to functions or vars:
+
+``` clojure
+$ bb "(set! *data-readers* {'t/tag inc}) #t/tag 1"
+2
+```
+
+To preserve good startup time, babashka does not scan the classpath for
+`data_readers.clj` files.
+
 ## Uberscript
 
 The `--uberscript` option collects the expressions in