string>symbol ( str/seq -- alien )

Vocabulary

alien.strings

Inputs

str/seq

a string or a sequence

Outputs

alien

an alien

Word description

Converts the string to a format which is a valid symbol name for the Factor VM's compiled code linker. By performing this conversion ahead of time, the image loader can run without allocating memory.

On all platforms, symbols are ASCII strings.

Definition

IN: alien.strings

GENERIC: string>symbol ( str/seq -- alien )

Methods

USING: alien.strings io.encodings.utf8 sequences ;

M: sequence string>symbol [ utf8 string>alien ] map ;


USING: alien.strings io.encodings.utf8 strings ;

M: string string>symbol utf8 string>alien ;