Re: [Chicken-users] Adding a free slot to Chicken symbols

[John Cowan]

felix winkelmann scripsit:

> Sorry, what exactly doesn't work? Can you be more specific? Do you
> mean uninterned symbols don't get GC'd when wrapped in a weak locative?

$ csi
  _______   _     __
 / ___/ /  (_)___/ /_____ ___
/ /__/ _ \/ / __/  '_/ -_) _ \
\___/_//_/_/\__/_/\_\\__/_//_/

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#;1> (use lolevel)
; loading library lolevel ...
#;2> (make-locative 'foo)
Error: (make-locative) bad argument type - locative can not refer to objects of 
this type: foo
#;2> (make-weak-locative 'foo)
Error: (make-weak-locative) bad argument type - locative can not refer to 
objects of this type: foo
#;2> (make-locative (gensym))
Error: (make-locative) bad argument type - locative can not refer to objects of 
this type: g0
#;2> (make-weak-locative (gensym))
Error: (make-weak-locative) bad argument type - locative can not refer to 
objects of this type: g1
#;2> (make-locative 'foo 0)
Error: (make-locative) bad argument type - locative can not refer to objects of 
this type: foo
#;2> (make-weak-locative 'foo 0)
Error: (make-weak-locative) bad argument type - locative can not refer to 
objects of this type: foo
#;2> (make-locative (gensym) 0)
Error: (make-locative) bad argument type - locative can not refer to objects of 
this type: g2
#;2> (make-weak-locative (gensym) 0)
Error: (make-weak-locative) bad argument type - locative can not refer to 
objects of this type: g3
#;2>

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