6.6.8.4 Keyword Procedures

Scheme Procedure: keyword? obj

C Function: scm_keyword_p (obj)

Return #t if the argument obj is a keyword, else #f.

Scheme Procedure: keyword->symbol keyword

C Function: scm_keyword_to_symbol (keyword)

Return the symbol with the same name as keyword.

Scheme Procedure: symbol->keyword symbol

C Function: scm_symbol_to_keyword (symbol)

Return the keyword with the same name as symbol.

C Function: int scm_is_keyword (SCM obj)

Equivalent to scm_is_true (scm_keyword_p (obj)).

C Function: SCM scm_from_locale_keyword (const char *name)

C Function: SCM scm_from_locale_keywordn (const char *name, size_t len)

Equivalent to scm_symbol_to_keyword (scm_from_locale_symbol (name)) and scm_symbol_to_keyword (scm_from_locale_symboln (name, len)), respectively.

Note that these functions should not be used when name is a C string constant, because there is no guarantee that the current locale will match that of the source code. In such cases, use scm_from_latin1_keyword or scm_from_utf8_keyword.

C Function: SCM scm_from_latin1_keyword (const char *name)

C Function: SCM scm_from_utf8_keyword (const char *name)

Equivalent to scm_symbol_to_keyword (scm_from_latin1_symbol (name)) and scm_symbol_to_keyword (scm_from_utf8_symbol (name)), respectively.

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