* How do i refer to the symbol ( and )?
@ 2011-05-03 8:54 CRLF0710
2011-05-03 9:32 ` Andy Wingo
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From: CRLF0710 @ 2011-05-03 8:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
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While '\{ and '\} are ok, '\( and '\[ are not. So, what's the correct
way to refer to them?
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* Re: How do i refer to the symbol ( and )?
2011-05-03 8:54 How do i refer to the symbol ( and )? CRLF0710
@ 2011-05-03 9:32 ` Andy Wingo
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From: Andy Wingo @ 2011-05-03 9:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: CRLF0710; +Cc: Guile Mailing List
On Tue 03 May 2011 10:54, CRLF0710 <crlf0710@gmail.com> writes:
> While '\{ and '\} are ok, '\( and '\[ are not. So, what's the correct
> way to refer to them?
In Guile 2.0.1:
scheme@(guile-user)> (string->symbol "(")
$1 = #{\x28;}#
Earlier versions do this differently. Best thing to do is to refer to
such things as strings and not symbols :)
Andy
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