Add atom syntax

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Idea 8556646: Add atom syntax

Status : open
Submitted by mikero on 6/26/2015 12:00:00 AM
4 votes

Add a syntax for atoms a.k.a. keywords a.k.a. self-evaluating symbols.
:foo (or 'foo, or #foo - whichever causes the least problems)
Where foo otherwise follows the rules for an identifier, is simply turned into "foo" at compile time. (It would also be nice of '-' were also added to the list of allowable characters for the atom.)
E.g.:
("fido", :is-a, :pet) is of type string_string_string

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