Is there a way to turn a string into a syntax object without calling read?  Something feels wrong with what i'm doing.  {I mean someting feels wrong beond the fact that i'm dealing with infix notation ;)} The setup: i've written a re-infixer that does the reverse of Dannys "infix" package.  It works as follows: > (refix `(+ 2 4)) "(2 + 4)" {note that it returned a string} I then do a "full circle" test by doing: > (refix `(define x 7)) "define(x, 7)" > x . reference to undefined identifier: x > (read (open-input-string (string-append "(infix " (refix `(define x 7)) ")"))) (infix define (x ,7)) > x . reference to undefined identifier: x > (eval (read (open-input-string (string-append "(infix " (refix `(define x 7)) ")")))) #<primitive:>> > x 7 However doing '(string-append "(infix " {blah} ")")' feels wrong.  It feels more like i should be doing: (eval `(infix ,(some-command-to-turn-a-string-into-a-syntax-object "define(x, 7)"))) Anyone have comments, or ideas for better ways to do this? Corey -- ((lambda (y) (y y)) (lambda (y) (y y)))