Command: cvlit

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Name:
cvlit - Convert name/string/procedure to literal/array
Synopsis:
 
string cvlit -> literal
name cvlit -> literal
proc cvlit -> array

Examples:
 
(joe) cvlit -> /joe
{ 5 = } cvlit -> [5 =]

Description:
 
cvlit converts a given name/string to a
literal, a given function to an array.

Diagnostics:
 
no errors are issued.

Remarks:
 
The name follows the convention of PostScript and stands for
ConVert to Literal.
This is a typesafe wrapper to cvlit_n/cvlit_p.

Author:
 
Marc-oliver Gewaltig, docu by HEP

SeeAlso: cst, cva, cv1d, cv2d, cvd, cvi, cvn, cvs, cvt_a
Source:
/builddir/build/BUILD/nest-simulator-2.16.0/nest-simulator-2.16.0/lib/sli/typeinit.sli
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