From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Alin Soare <as1789@gmail.com>
Cc: Emacs Dev <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Generating an unique symbol in elisp
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2010 17:34:22 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv4oauo59m.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTin43EwQ6_nD6-aZOxfez+--7s1QAN=dTvGa3hPe@mail.gmail.com> (Alin Soare's message of "Fri, 3 Dec 2010 23:19:41 +0200")
> A very useful function for generating private environments is the
> (gensym&optional x) in common lisp. It can replace in some places the
> closures.
> Does this function already exist in elisp ? I looked in the manual and did
> not find it...
It's called make-symbol.
Stefan
prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-12-03 22:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-12-03 21:19 Generating an unique symbol in elisp Alin Soare
2010-12-03 21:30 ` Edward O'Connor
2010-12-03 21:33 ` Alin Soare
2010-12-03 22:03 ` Edward O'Connor
2010-12-03 22:12 ` Alin Soare
2010-12-03 22:23 ` Drew Adams
2010-12-03 22:38 ` Alin Soare
2010-12-03 22:46 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-12-03 21:41 ` Andreas Schwab
2010-12-03 21:44 ` Alin Soare
2010-12-03 22:34 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
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