RE: when you gotta have a variable value for a symbol name

[Drew Adams]

> I want to evaluate (kmacro-name-last-macro variable), where I want the
> value of "variable" passed as the symbol name. Despite years of trying,
> I don't think I ever really conceptually "got" the distinction between
> symbols and variables and that seems to be critical here. I'm working
> with the code below, but it is not suceeding in naming the macros (no
> error messages, however). Of course (kmacro-name-last-macro 'my-macro)
> works just fine.
>
> (defun name-my-macro-sequentially ()
>    "Names the last recorded macro as my-macro#, where # is a number
> sequentially incremented"
>     (interactive)
>     (unless (boundp 'my-macro-counter) (setq my-macro-counter 0))
>     (setq my-macro-counter (1+ my-macro-counter))
>     (let ((macro-name (format "my-macro-%d" my-macro-counter)))
>        (kmacro-name-last-macro (make-symbol macro-name))
                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^
>        (message "named keyboard macro %s" macro-name)))

Change `make-symbol' to `intern' and you're good to go.  `make-symbol'
returns an uninterned symbol.