Re: [BUG] [2.5.49] symbol_get doesn't work

[Sean Neakums <sneakums@zork.net>]

commence  Miles Bader quotation:

> Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> writes:
>> > > int *ptr = symbol_get(their_integer);
>> > > if (!ptr) ...
>>
>> That's because it's a new primitive.  Very few places really want to
>> use it, they usually just want to use the symbol directly.  However,
>> there are some places where such a dependency is too harsh: it's more
>> "if I can get this, great, otherwise I'll do something else".
>
> I find the name a bit wierd, BTW -- it sounds like it's going to return
> the _value_ of the symbol.  How about something like `symbol_addr' instead?

Surely the value of a symbol is precisely that: an address.

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