M minpkg/lib/min_lang.nim → minpkg/lib/min_lang.nim

@@ -1089,12 +1089,15 @@ i.push "$ ".newVal
     else:
       i.eval(""""[$1]\n$$ " (.) => %""")
 
+  def.symbol("quotesym") do (i: In):
+    let vals = i.expect("str")
+    let s = vals[0]
+    i.push(@[i.newSym(s.strVal)].newVal)
+
   # Sigils
 
   def.sigil("'") do (i: In):
-    let vals = i.expect("str")
-    let s = vals[0]
-    i.push(@[i.newSym(s.strVal)].newVal)
+    i.pushSym("quotesym")
 
   def.sigil(":") do (i: In):
     i.pushSym("define")
@@ -1141,7 +1144,7 @@ def.symbol("~") do (i: In):
     i.pushSym("lambda-bind")
 
   def.symbol("'") do (i: In):
-    i.pushSym("quote")
+    i.pushSym("quotesym")
 
   def.symbol("->") do (i: In):
     i.pushSym("dequote")

M next-release.md → next-release.md

@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@ 
+### Breaking changes
+
+* #141 - The **'** symbol is now an alias of the **quotesym** symbol (but its behavior remains the same: it can be used to created quotes symbols from a string), and the **'** sigil is equivalent to the new **quotesym** symbol, not **quote**.
+
 ### Fixes
 
 * Now adding **help.json** to installation folder when installing via nimble.
 
-### New Features
+### New features
 
-* The symbol **type?** is now able to check if a value satisfies a type expression, not only a simple type (#144). Note however that it is now necessary to prepend dictionary types with `dict:` (as in type expressions).
+* #144 - The symbol **type?** is now able to check if a value satisfies a type expression, not only a simple type. Note however that it is now necessary to prepend dictionary types with `dict:` (as in type expressions).
+* #141 - A new **quotesym** symbol has been added to transform a string into a quoted symbol. This is equivalent to the behavior of the **'** sigil.

M site/contents/reference-lang.md → site/contents/reference-lang.md

@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ title: "lang Module"
 -----
 {@ _defs_.md || 0 @}
 
-{#sig||'||quote#}
+{#sig||'||quotesym#}
 
-{#alias||'||quote#}
+{#alias||'||quotesym#}
 
 {#sig||:||define#}
 
@@ -362,6 +362,10 @@ Exits the program or shell with 0 as return code. #}
 
 {#op||quote||{{any}}||({{any}})||
 Wraps {{any}} in a quotation. #}
+
+{#op||quotesym||{{str}}||({{sym}})||
+Creates a symbol with the value of {{str}} and wraps it in a quotation. #}
+
 
 {#op||raise||{{e}}||{{none}}||
 Raises the error specified via the dictionary {{e}}.#}