Re: SKILL Q: Coaxing a Symbol to Give Up Its Value Without Using

> Anyone who has glanced at the Cadence SKILL do***entation knows the
> use of eval() is a no-no.  But there are situations in which one binds
> a value to a symbol and then p***** the QUOTED symbol around before
> finally needing the actual value associated with the symbol.  What
> other ways can one get at a symbol's value besides using eval()?

symeval() does precisely this. But I don't think the end result is any
different from using eval().

I do not see any problems with eval() myself, though.

Cheers,
Stéphane