<symbol>

The class of symbols.

The <symbol> class provides a built-in, non-case-sensitive dictionary that associates a string with a unique immutable object that can be compared with == (which should be faster than calling a string-comparison routine).  This dictionary is accessed through the as function: as(<symbol>, string) and as(<string>, symbol).  Any string can be used.

Exported from

Modifiers

concrete free sealed

Superclasses

Functions on <symbol>

Compares two objects for identity.
Coerces an object to a type.
The common-dylan module.
Whenever possible, we have tried to keep the Dylan module pristine and unextended, preferring to add our extensions to separate modules or libraries.
The class of all Dylan objects.
A generic function.
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