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Symbols
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   Symbols are objects with a name (almost always a unique name). They
are one of the most important data types in Lisp since they are used to
provided named variables (Note: Variables) and functions (Note:
Functions).

 - Function: symbolp arg
     This function returns true when its argument is a symbol.

Symbol Syntax

The read syntax of symbols

Symbol Attributes

The objects stored in a symbol

Obarrays

Vectors used to store symbols

Creating Symbols

Allocating new symbols

Interning

Putting a symbol into an obarray

Property Lists

Each symbol has a set of properties

Keyword Symbols

Self-evaluating keywords