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Using Make-Symbol
- To: info-macl@cambridge.apple.com
- Subject: Using Make-Symbol
- From: dmg@goldilocks.LCS.MIT.EDU
- Date: Thu, 07 Mar 91 10:23:56 EST
- In-reply-to: Your message of Thu, 07 Mar 91 08:57:46 -0500. <9103071357.AA01060@breeze.bellcore.com>
In reply to mbr@breeze.bellcore.com:
Important point... anyone who's ever tried debugging a
macro-expansion with #:G8494, #:G8495, etc, has encountered
this problem.
Nit Elaboration:
'#:foobar is shorthand for (make-symbol "FOOBAR")
I find it looks much nicer:
(let ((foo '#:foo))
`(let ((,foo ,form))
...))
-david