On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 4:11 PM, John Harrop <jharrop...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 3:59 PM, nchubrich <nicholas.chubr...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> How do you def a symbol that you make using (symbol)? I.E. if I try >> to do (def (symbol "x") 2) I get: >> java.lang.Exception: Second argument to def must be a Symbol. (And >> why does it say the \second argument must be a symbol?) > > Special forms and macros don't evaluate their arguments. So def's second > argument here is a list of the symbol "symbol" and the string literal "x". > > There are two ways to do what you want: macros and eval.
You might also want to look at the 'intern' function. --Chouser -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
