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  

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

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

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:
 /home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/nest-2.4.1/lib/sli/typeinit.sli

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