How about something like:
macro S_str(e)
:(symbol($e))
end
julia> S"test test"
:test test
On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 1:11 PM, Joosep Pata <[email protected]> wrote:
> Oops, sorry, I was selectively blind.
>
> Joosep
>
> On 07 Feb 2014, at 19:09, Eric Davies <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Ismael mentioned that in his original post. He is looking for a way to
> do that but with a literal syntax (no intermediate string+functioncall).
> >
> > On Friday, 7 February 2014 12:06:56 UTC-6, Joosep Pata wrote:
> > julia> symbol("test test")
> > :test test
> >
> > On 07 Feb 2014, at 18:25, Ismael VC <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > julia> a = :test
> > > :test
> > >
> > > julia> typeof(a)
> > > Symbol
> > >
> > > julia> b = :test test
> > > ERROR: syntax: extra token "test" after end of expression
> > >
> > > julia> b = :"test test" # Ruby style?
> > > "test test"
> > >
> > > julia> typeof(b) # Not a Symbol?
> > > ASCIIString (constructor with 1 method)
> > >
> > > julia> b = symbol(b) # How to write it without calling symbol()
> function.
> > > :test test
> > >
> > > julia> typeof(b)
> > > Symbol
> > >
> > >
> > > I just red that in Ruby you use:
> > >
> > > :"test test"
> > >
> > > in Smalltalk:
> > >
> > > #'test test'
> > >
> > > and in Lisp:
> > >
> > > |test test|
> > >
> >
>
>
