On Sep 17, 2004, at 2:30 PM, Sven Van Caekenberghe wrote:

Why would you want to use a string instead of a symbol ?

Possibly because I didn't understand that the root objects are supposed to be containers for most of the actual data structures, rather than those data structures directly.

I actually don't see any need for that now. I should have read more source before asking questions. :)

Thanks!

-- Randall Randall randall@randallsquared.com Property law should use #'EQ , not #'EQUAL .