The 'symbol-name' function takes the 'symbol' expression and returns the
printable string of the 'symbol'. If the 'symbol' had not existed, then it
will be created and interned into the
system symbol table
(symbol-name 'foo) ; returns "FOO" (symbol-name 'gleep) ; returns "GLEEP" (setq my-symbol 'flop) ; define MY-SYMBOL (symbol-name my-symbol) ; returns "FLOP"
XLISP Bug: The 'symbol-name' function signals a 'bad
argument type' error with the