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RE: Mentioning symbol put it to obarray?
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Drew Adams |
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RE: Mentioning symbol put it to obarray? |
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Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:09:17 -0800 |
> (put 'xxx 'some "value") and found symbol "xxx" in obarray.
Yes, the Lisp reader interns symbols it reads.
> So mentioning any symbol make it globally available (existing)?
See above. It is the Lisp reader that is doing the interning you are seeing.
> Is it garbage collected from (remember about link in obarray)?
Dunno what that question means, sorry.