Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: metalex change

[Stephen Wilson]

Stephen Wilson <address@hidden> writes:

> Gabriel Dos Reis <address@hidden> writes:
> > Also, if the function expects strings, we should give it a string.
> 
> Although not documented as such, it is likely that
> system:string-concatenate is designed to take string designators as
> arguments instead of `just' strings.  This is a fairly common Lisp
> idiom, so I do not see a problem.  Perhaps a close look at the gcl
> code and a patch against the documentation in si-defs.texi is in
> order.

Of course, that being said, it is a stylistic choice as to what
designator one uses.  In this case I would probably use a string
myself as opposed to a symbol.

Steve