LispEngine.Parsing.Parser.buildSymbolForm C# (CSharp) Method

buildSymbolForm() private static method

private static buildSymbolForm ( Datum name, IEnumerable contents ) : Datum
name Datum
contents IEnumerable
return Datum
        private static Datum buildSymbolForm(Datum name, IEnumerable<string> contents)
        {
            // "prefix" with a 'dot' so that higher level macros can interpret it.
            // This means you can't have normal symbols containing dots, which is a
            // small price to pay IMO.
            var args = compound(contents.Select(c => c == "" ? nil : parseSymbol(c)).ToArray());
            return cons(name, args);
        }