Kazimir Majorinc <kazi...@chem.pmf.hr> writes: > I need comprehensive review of use of generated symbols (make-symbol, > copy-symbol, gensym... ) in CL. The books I have (both Grahams, > Siebel, barely mention these operators, except for use of gensym in > macros. > > What are other typical or interesting uses of these?
The most typical use, is a defstruct like macro, which derivates "public" names from a base name. (DEFSTRUCT COLOR RED GREEN BLUE) generates function definitions for: MAKE-COLOR COLOR-P COPY-COLOR COLOR-RED COLOR-GREEN COLOR-BLUE Ask yourself, what should: (DEFSTRUCT other-package:|color| |Red| other-package:|GREEN| |blue|) generate? (And the effect *print-case* should or should not have on that...) -- __Pascal Bourguignon__ http://www.informatimago.com/ A bad day in () is better than a good day in {}. _______________________________________________ pro mailing list pro@common-lisp.net http://lists.common-lisp.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pro
