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update docs on gensym

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Doug Coleman 2008-04-11 13:04:21 -05:00
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@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ HELP: <word>
HELP: gensym HELP: gensym
{ $values { "word" word } } { $values { "word" word } }
{ $description "Creates an uninterned word that is not equal to any other word in the system. Gensyms have an automatically-generated name based on a prefix and an incrementing counter." } { $description "Creates an uninterned word that is not equal to any other word in the system." }
{ $examples { $unchecked-example "gensym ." "G:260561" } } { $examples { $unchecked-example "gensym ." "G:260561" } }
{ $notes "Gensyms are often used as placeholder values that have no meaning of their own but must be unique. For example, the compiler uses gensyms to label sections of code." } ; { $notes "Gensyms are often used as placeholder values that have no meaning of their own but must be unique. For example, the compiler uses gensyms to label sections of code." } ;