Invisible wrote:
>>> - Fixed a very evil bug where calling functions with certain variable 
>>> names as arguments would cause bizare malfunctions. (Basically the 
>>> variable names used inside the function clashing with the arguments 
>>> passed in. This *should* be fixed now...)
>>
>> And you wondered why Lisp has that funky "gensym" function.
> 
> What is "gensym", and why does Lisp have it?

It creates a guaranteed-unique variable name that you can use as a local 
in a macro or a dynamically-scoped function.   What did you *think* it 
might be for, given the bit I quoted and the name of the LISP function?

-- 
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)

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