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Re: Replacement for Common Lisp's GENSYM in Emacs Lisp
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tomas |
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Re: Replacement for Common Lisp's GENSYM in Emacs Lisp |
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Sun, 7 Mar 2010 06:48:35 +0100 |
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On Sat, Mar 06, 2010 at 05:19:43PM +0200, Teemu Likonen wrote:
> 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?
It seems `make-symbol' is what you are looking for. It generates an
uninterned symbol. Cf. Emacs Lisp manual "13.6.3 Local Variables in
Macro Expansions" to find an usage example.
Regards
- -- tomás
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