Re: window groups

[Miles Bader]

Daniel Colascione <address@hidden> writes:
>> It does not HAVE to store anything.  (The number doesn't store
>> anything.)  Its function is to be unique.
>
> What about using gensym?

(1) it's a cl function, and
(2) afaik, symbols take _more_ space than conses...

But if it doesn't matter very much what you use, as long as they're
unique, you can just leave it unspecified, and say that it returns a
"unique cookie" or something.

-Miles
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