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| From: | David Kastrup |
| Subject: | Re: Replacement for Common Lisp's GENSYM in Emacs Lisp |
| Date: | Tue, 04 May 2010 15:41:42 -0000 |
| User-agent: | Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.92 (gnu/linux) |
Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> writes: > In Common Lisp GENSYM function generates unique symbol names. It seems > that Emacs Lisp does not have similar function (unless with CL > extension). In plain Emacs Lisp code and macros, what would you > suggest as a replacement for GENSYM? Just some very unlikely names? Uninterned symbols created with make-symbol work just fine for most purposes. Only rare applications need unique print names and/or symbols accessed by name. -- David Kastrup
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