string

(string x)

Coerces a string designator to a string. A string is returned unchanged, a symbol yields its name, and a character yields a one-character string. t and nil coerce like symbols ("t" / "nil"). Because rontolisp symbol names are case-preserving, the result is not upcased (unlike Common Lisp).

On the compiled backends (JVM/WASM) string shares the princ-to-string machinery, so a non-designator argument yields its display text instead of signaling an error (the interpreter signals).