Hi,
in common lisp I get e.g.
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
* (format nil "~a" '\#444)
"#444"
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
(assuming #444 is a css color - that is my use case anyway -
and thus likewise for any other color)
Now, apparently in Guile this is not the case:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
scheme@(guile-user)> (format #f "~a" '\#444)
$158 = "#{\\#444}#"
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
And likewise
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
scheme@(guile-user)> (symbol->string '\#444)
$159 = "\\#444"
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
Now I am tempted to case split (after (symbol->string ...) as above):
if the resulting string starts with \\# then cut off the \\ part
otherwise ...
but this seems overly complicated!? And is not really what I want! Is
there any other (readable) way to specify the hashmark in a symbol
(assuming \hashmark here, but this is wrong of course), so that
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(symbol->string '\hashmark444)
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
just works: results in "#444" (not "\\#444") ?
PS: I am experimenting with #\x0023, like so
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
scheme@(guile-user)> #\x0023
$181 = #\#
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
but I still have no clue, how to write a simple symbol, that when
translated to a string, results in "#444".
Thanks in advance,
-A
