Clojurians Log v2

Is there a convenient way to compile patterns without resorting to something like

(defn compile-match
  [pat]
  (eval `(fn [~'x] (e/match ~'x ~pat true))))

why not macro?

want to pass it as data

Meander is definitely not optimized around patterns coming over the network. If you allow that, you are ultimately allowing arbitrary code. What we typically recommend is to use meander to write an interpreter/compiler for your own little pattern language.