Hi there, On 2017-03-16 17:22, megane wrote: > Currently symbol->string strips any keyword prefixes when applied to > keywords (e.g. (symbol->string 'foo:) returns "foo"). Is this correct > behavior?
That's the correct behaviour, yes. symbol->string basically ignores keywords and treats them just like normal symbols in this regard. > Is there a way to get the full symbol name (i.e. #:foo -> "#:foo", and > foo: -> "foo:")? Not really. #:foo and foo: are both textual representations of the same symbol. The "style" of the keyword isn't kept around after it's read, so all the runtime knows is that (a) there's a symbol "foo" and (b) it's a keyword. It's not specifically a "prefix" or "suffix" keyword until written out again. Anyway, to get a string that *looks* like a keyword, the easiest option is probably to go via the written representation with something like: (format "~s" foo:) However note that this is sensitive to the keyword-style parameter, as hinted at above: (parameterize ((keyword-style #:prefix)) (format "~s" #:foo)) ; => ":foo" (parameterize ((keyword-style #:suffix)) (format "~s" #:foo)) ; => "foo:" (parameterize ((keyword-style #f)) (format "~s" #:foo)) ; => "#:foo" Hope that helps, Evan _______________________________________________ Chicken-users mailing list Chicken-users@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/chicken-users
