Re: [Haskell-cafe] Lisp like symbols in haskell

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I think lisp like symbols could be quite useful in the context of embedded DSL to create ... well... symbols that can be interpreted as variables in that DSL.

Well for such use-case you could use either stable names, or recode them into a state monad- you will get either a global i.e. lisp like unique symbols, or their equivalent within a state context. Or some variation of the code posted previously in this thread. http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/6.10.4/html/libraries/base/System-Mem-Stable...