Re^2: getting the name of a variable to use as string

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A symbolic reference will not accomplish what he's looking for. The symbolic reference mechanism only accesses package globals. The variable that he's going to wind up accessing dynamically is a lexical.

I agree that the problem "smells wrong" though, and the need should probably be rethought.

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Re^3: getting the name of a variable to use as string by sintadil (Pilgrim) on Sep 17, 2004 at 01:39 UTC
A symbolic reference will not accomplish what he's looking for. The symbolic reference mechanism only accesses package globals. The variable that he's going to wind up accessing dynamically is a lexical. sintadil RTFMs. I see. Thanks for the clarification.	[reply]

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