Re: Using (defined? foo) from C.

[Neil Jerram]

>>>>> "Thamer" == Thamer Al-Harbash <address@hidden> writes:

    Thamer> On Sat, 29 Mar 2003, Marius Vollmer wrote:
    >> Thamer Al-Harbash <address@hidden> writes:
    >> 
    >> > Is there anyway to create a symbol SCM in C without defining it
    >> > in the current environment?
    >> 
    >> Yes.  Symbols are a data type of their own, independent of bindings,
    >> environments and modules.  You can use
    >> 
    >> scm_str2symbol ("foo")

    Thamer> Thanks, I couldn't find this in the procedure index of the
    Thamer> manual but it's mentioned in section 19.14 (transitioning
    Thamer> to the scm interface). That's exactly what I need.

If you have time, please could you work out the texinfo needed to get
this into the procedure index, and send a patch?

Many thanks,
        Neil