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(Symbol Primitives): In gensym, cross reference

uninterned symbols, use @w{} on " g" prefix to avoid any chance of a
line break obscuring it.
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Kevin Ryde 2003-09-02 23:57:49 +00:00
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@ -2743,15 +2743,16 @@ code. The @code{gensym} primitive meets this need:
@deffnx {C Function} scm_gensym (prefix)
Create a new symbol with a name constructed from a prefix and a counter
value. The string @var{prefix} can be specified as an optional
argument. Default prefix is @samp{ g}. The counter is increased by 1
argument. Default prefix is @samp{@w{ g}}. The counter is increased by 1
at each call. There is no provision for resetting the counter.
@end deffn
The symbols generated by @code{gensym} are @emph{likely} to be unique,
since their names begin with a space and it is only otherwise possible
to generate such symbols if a programmer goes out of their way to do
so. The 1.8 release of Guile will include a way of creating
symbols that are @emph{guaranteed} to be unique.
so. Uniqueness can be guaranteed by instead using uninterned symbols
(@pxref{Symbol Uninterned}), though they can't be usefully written out
and read back in.
@node Symbol Props