Creating Symbols

It is possible to allocate symbols dynamically, this is normally only necessary when the symbol is to be interned in the non-default obarray or the symbol is a temporary object which should not be interned (for example: labels in a compiler?).

Function: make-symbol print-name

This function creates and returns a new, uninterned, symbol whose print name is the string print-name. Its variable and function value cells are void and it will have an empty property list.

(make-symbol "foo")
    => foo

Function: gensym

This function returns a new, uninterned, symbol which has a unique print name.

(gensym)
    => G0001

(gensym)
    => G0002

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