@deffnx {C Function} scm_gensym (prefix)
Create a new symbol with a name constructed from a prefix and a counter
value. The string @var{prefix} can be specified as an optional
-argument. Default prefix is @samp{ g}. The counter is increased by 1
+argument. Default prefix is @samp{@w{ g}}. The counter is increased by 1
at each call. There is no provision for resetting the counter.
@end deffn
The symbols generated by @code{gensym} are @emph{likely} to be unique,
since their names begin with a space and it is only otherwise possible
to generate such symbols if a programmer goes out of their way to do
-so. The 1.8 release of Guile will include a way of creating
-symbols that are @emph{guaranteed} to be unique.
+so. Uniqueness can be guaranteed by instead using uninterned symbols
+(@pxref{Symbol Uninterned}), though they can't be usefully written out
+and read back in.
@node Symbol Props