<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>Chapter 4. Symbols</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="ecl.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.76.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The ECL manual"><link rel="up" href="pt01.html" title="Part I. Standards"><link rel="prev" href="ch03s02.html" title="3.2. Functions"><link rel="next" href="ch05.html" title="Chapter 5. Packages"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 4. Symbols</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch03s02.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Part I. Standards</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch05.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter" title="Chapter 4. Symbols"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="Symbols"></a>Chapter 4. Symbols</h2></div></div></div><p>There are no implementation-specific limits on the size or content of symbol names. It is however not allowed to write on the strings which have been passed to #'make-symbol or returned from #'symbol-name.</p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch03s02.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="pt01.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch05.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">3.2. Functions </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Chapter 5. Packages</td></tr></table></div></body></html>