Formal comment #79 (simplification) Rename generate-temporaries to generate-symbols (or generate-identifiers) Reported by: Michael Lenaghan Component: macros Version: 5.91 Component: Syntax Section: 17.7 (pgs 113-114) Summary Rename "generate-temporaries" to "generate-symbols" (or, barring that, "generate-identifiers"). Description The function generates symbols (or, more specifically, identifiers). "Temporaries" refers not to the result, but rather to one possible use of the result. Since the other two terms already have meaning in Scheme (eg, "symbol?", "identifier?", etc.) it seems like it would be a good idea to leverage those meanings rather than introducing a new one. RESPONSE: We believe the name is accurate. The identifiers created by this procedure are not necessarily useful for anything other than creating new local bindings, i.e., temporary bindings, in part because there's no guarantee that the generated identifiers will have names that are distinct from each other or from existing names. This should be clarified in the description, however.