From: Linas Vepstas <linasvepstas@gmail.com>
To: Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
Cc: guile-user@gnu.org, richard.shann@virgin.net
Subject: Re: A variable that holds a string which may be the name of a variable.
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 11:23:47 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3ae3aa420912030923l146d7d07j9a838fc90fae491e@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87skbt81df.fsf@ossau.uklinux.net>
2009/12/2 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>:
Neil,
For my own edification -- is tehre any difference between
> (let ((sym (with-input-from-string mything read)))
and
(let ((sym (string->symbol mything)))
?
--linas
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-12-03 17:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-12-02 19:22 A variable that holds a string which may be the name of a variable Richard Shann
2009-12-02 22:19 ` Neil Jerram
2009-12-03 17:23 ` Linas Vepstas [this message]
2009-12-03 18:56 ` Neil Jerram
2009-12-03 19:00 ` Richard Shann
2009-12-02 22:37 ` Linas Vepstas
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2009-12-03 16:11 Richard Shann
2009-12-03 18:52 ` Neil Jerram
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