[plt-scheme] eval and define

From: nik gaffney (nik at fo.am)
Date: Thu Dec 28 12:57:53 EST 2006

> The reason is that gensym  creates uninterned symbol, , i.e., a 
> symbol that is not eq?, eqv?, or equal? to any other symbol, 
> although it may print the same as another symbol.
> 
> So nik, if you really want common lisp style in this example,
> please use 
> 
> (define fcn (string->symbol (symbol->string (gensym "p-"))))

thanks. the main reason for the common lisp style, was that i knew it worked,
so if there is a more idiomatic way to do this in scheme, id be happy to learn
about it.

nik


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