Re: Do symbols need to be EQ?

On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 8:44 AM, Martin Simmons martin@lispworks.com wrote:

Packages are just a way to convert strings to symbols, which is useful when they are obtained from files outside a running CL (e.g. via the reader/fasl loader).

Agreed. Isn't it the case that {package x string} -> symbol is a 1-to-1 relationship? In which case, two symbols having the same name in the same package implies that the two symbols are in fact EQ?

Sorry if I'm late to the party, I haven't been thinking about this for a few years.

--S