Chez's gensyms Marc Nieper-Wißkirchen (28 Jan 2025 06:59 UTC)
Re: Chez's gensyms Wolfgang Corcoran-Mathe (28 Jan 2025 18:51 UTC)

Re: Chez's gensyms Wolfgang Corcoran-Mathe 28 Jan 2025 18:51 UTC

On 2025-01-28 07:59 +0100, Marc Nieper-Wißkirchen wrote:
> The current draft contains the following statement:
>
> "Chez’s gensym procedure takes optional pretty-name and unique-name
> string arguments. The latter argument allows the unique name of one
> gensym to be given to another; thus, distinct gensyms that are equal
> in the sense of symbol=? can be created in Chez."
>
> What is this supposed to mean? What is meant by "distinct gensyms"
> here? Chez's gensyms are interned, and two such gensyms are identical
> if and only if their (unique) names are spelt the same.

Quite right. Thanks for spotting this thinko. I'll fix it shortly.

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