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Re: Generating an unique symbol in elisp


From: Andreas Schwab
Subject: Re: Generating an unique symbol in elisp
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2010 22:41:47 +0100
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2.90 (gnu/linux)

Alin Soare <address@hidden> writes:

> Does this function already exist in elisp ? I looked in the manual and did
> not find it...

gensym is a compiled Lisp function in `cl-macs.el'.

(gensym &optional PREFIX)

Generate a new uninterned symbol.
The name is made by appending a number to PREFIX, default "G".

Andreas.

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