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diff --git a/src/algebra/syntax.spad.pamphlet b/src/algebra/syntax.spad.pamphlet
index 0adfc2dc..a8d6c7a3 100644
--- a/src/algebra/syntax.spad.pamphlet
+++ b/src/algebra/syntax.spad.pamphlet
@@ -581,16 +581,18 @@ Literal(T: SetCategory): Public == Private where
++
)abbrev domain IDENT Identifier
Identifier(): Public == Private where
- Public == Join(SetCategory, CoercibleTo Symbol) with
+ Public == Join(SetCategory, CoercibleTo Symbol, CoercibleTo String) with
gensym: () -> %
++ \spad{gensym()} returns a new identifier, different from
++ any other identifier in the running system
Private == add
import %peq: (%,%) -> Boolean from Foreign Builtin
- import %gensym: () -> % from Foreign Builtin
+ import %gensym: () -> % from Foreign Builtin
+ import %sname: % -> String from Foreign Builtin
gensym() == %gensym()
x = y == %peq(x,y)
coerce(x: %): Symbol == x : Symbol
+ coerce(x: %): String == %sname x
coerce(x: %): OutputForm == x : OutputForm
@