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[xemacs-hg @ 2004-05-11 11:33:08 by stephent]
gensym docstring <87r7tryzla.fsf@tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp>
set-eol-detection fix <87vfj3yzs8.fsf@tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp>
etags.el tests <87zn8fz03v.fsf@tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp>
| author | stephent |
|---|---|
| date | Tue, 11 May 2004 11:33:22 +0000 |
| parents | 9c872f33ecbe |
| children | f557693c61de |
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--- a/lisp/cl.el Mon May 10 21:50:25 2004 +0000 +++ b/lisp/cl.el Tue May 11 11:33:22 2004 +0000 @@ -319,7 +319,10 @@ (defun gensym (&optional arg) "Generate a new uninterned symbol. -The name is made by appending a number to PREFIX, default \"G\"." +The name is made by appending a number to a prefix. If ARG is a string, it +is the prefix, otherwise the prefix defaults to \"G\". If ARG is an integer, +the internal counter is reset to that number before creating the name. +There is no way to specify both using this function." (let ((prefix (if (stringp arg) arg "G")) (num (if (integerp arg) arg (prog1 *gensym-counter* @@ -328,7 +331,8 @@ (defun gentemp (&optional arg) "Generate a new interned symbol with a unique name. -The name is made by appending a number to PREFIX, default \"G\"." +The name is made by appending a number to ARG, default \"G\". +If ARG is not a string, it is ignored." (let ((prefix (if (stringp arg) arg "G")) name) (while (intern-soft (setq name (format "%s%d" prefix *gensym-counter*)))