basically, if I do: > e = Expr(:quote, :(:x)) # (quoting a symbol) > show(e)
*:($(Expr(:quote, :(:x))))* > print(e) *$(Expr(:quote, :(:x)))* > string(e) *"\$(Expr(:quote, :(:x)))"* > parse(string(e)) *:($(Expr(:$, :(Expr(:quote,$(Expr(:quote, :(:x))))))))* that's not the same expression as represented by the string. Then when I go to eval it (which should still work, semantically speaking) *ERROR: unsupported or misplaced expression $* Is there a way around this? I'd like to make an expression a string, print it to a file, then slurp it up later and eval it. At the very least, there should be a consistent way to stringify and reparse/eval expression objects, even if they look ugly like :($(Expr(:quote, :(:x)))). I'd hate to have to reimplement the whole printing of every expression ever in order to make this work (there doesn't seem to be a way to extend a method, like print or show, to only work on expressions with a particular head?) Vishesh
