How do i refer to the symbol ( and )?

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* How do i refer to the symbol ( and )?
@ 2011-05-03  8:54 CRLF0710
  2011-05-03  9:32 ` Andy Wingo
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: CRLF0710 @ 2011-05-03  8:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Guile Mailing List

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
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
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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