Lol.You're correct - it's so easy i don't know why I didn't see it. I'm somewhat new to macros.
That said - I thought my question was clearly stated: How do I create a function and/or a macro that accepts an unbound name and interprets that name as a symbol? On Dec 17, 1:35 pm, Ken Wesson <kwess...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Trevor <tcr1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > ahhh - thank you! > > > On Dec 17, 1:23 pm, Armando Blancas <armando_blan...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> > 2. I don't want to bind the name, I want to interpret the name as a > >> > symbol > > >> user=> (defmacro perpetuate [name] `(let [q# (quote ~name)] (println > >> q#) q#)) > >> #'user/perpetuate > >> user=> (class (perpetuate somename)) > >> somename > >> clojure.lang.Symbol > > Is *that* all you wanted? A version of (quote x) that printed out its > argument as well as evaluating to a symbol? Well why didn't you just > *say* so? -- 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
