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Re: Serious eq? bug?


>  Consider the following:
>  
>     hjstein@bacall:~$ guile
>     guile> (eq? (string->symbol "-a") '-a)
>     #t
>     guile> (eq? (string->symbol "-b") '-b)
>     #t
>     guile> (eq? (string->symbol "-i") '-i)
>     #f

>  Is this expected behavior for an R4RS scheme which supports complex
>  number?  

Yes. Since  (number? '-i)  ==> #t

>  If so, it's a real pain in the ass for command line
>  processing...

You need to compare strings.  You will have to use equal? or string=?,
because eq? is not usable with strings.  Afait, -a and -b aren't
portable identifiers either.  See the report.