Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 35c893d 2/2: Move gensym to core Elisp

[Stefan Monnier]

> +(defun gensym (&optional prefix)
> +  "Return a new uninterned symbol.
> +The name is made by appending `gensym-counter' to PREFIX.
> +PREFIX can be a string, and defaults to \"G\".
> +If PREFIX is a number, it replaces the value of `gensym-counter'."

I understand that Common-Lisp has that "PREFIX is a number"
functionality, but I could never find a use-case for it, so I wonder why
we carry over that baggage to Elisp?


        Stefan