gensym

function

since v0.0-927

clojure.core/gensym

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Source docstring:

Returns a new symbol with a unique name. If a prefix string is
supplied, the name is prefix# where # is some unique number. If
prefix is not supplied, the prefix is 'G__'.

(defn gensym
  ([] (gensym "G__"))
  ([prefix-string]
     (when (nil? gensym_counter)
       (set! gensym_counter (atom 0)))
     (symbol (str prefix-string (swap! gensym_counter inc)))))

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