diff --git a/code/symbol.lisp b/code/symbol.lisp index 6fd2a278d0648c25e99e8a575e2427d1e27ea6fb..f2c4851b95a9f9ecc84ba36283d7b8db8d067f1f 100644 --- a/code/symbol.lisp +++ b/code/symbol.lisp @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ;;; Scott Fahlman or slisp-group@cs.cmu.edu. ;;; (ext:file-comment - "$Header: /Volumes/share2/src/cmucl/cvs2git/cvsroot/src/code/symbol.lisp,v 1.15 1993/08/06 03:59:44 ram Exp $") + "$Header: /Volumes/share2/src/cmucl/cvs2git/cvsroot/src/code/symbol.lisp,v 1.16 1993/08/06 13:56:58 ram Exp $") ;;; ;;; ********************************************************************** ;;; @@ -205,9 +205,9 @@ (defvar *gensym-counter* 0 "Counter for generating unique GENSYM symbols.") -(defun gensym (&optional string) +(defun gensym (&optional thing) "Creates a new uninterned symbol whose name is a prefix string (defaults - to \"G\"), followed by a decimal number. String, when supplied, will + to \"G\"), followed by a decimal number. Thing, when supplied, will alter the prefix if it is a string, or the decimal number if it is a number, of this symbol. The number, defaultly *gensym-counter*, is incremented by each call to GENSYM."