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Variable

*print-gensym*

Value Type

a generalized boolean.

Initial Value

true.

Description

Controls whether the prefix "#:" is printed before apparently uninterned symbols. The prefix is printed before such symbols if and only if the value of *print-gensym* is true.

Examples

 (let ((*print-gensym* nil))
   (print (gensym)))
 |>  G6040 
⇒  #:G6040

See Also

write; prin1; print; pprint; princ, *print-escape*

Backlinks

*print-readably*, format, Multiple Possible Textual Representations, Package Prefixes for Symbols, print-object, Printer Dictionary, Symbols in the COMMON-LISP Package, with-standard-io-syntax, write, prin1, print, pprint, princ, write-to-string, prin1-to-string, princ-to-string