Command: cvn

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Name:
cvn - Convert literal/string to name
Synopsis:
string cvn -> name
literal cvn -> name
Examples:
(joe) cvn -> joe
/joe cvn -> joe
Description:
cvn converts a given literal/string to a name.
Diagnostics:
no errors are issued.
Remarks:
The name follows the convention of PostScript and stands for
ConVert to Name.
This is a typesafe wrapper to cvn_l/cvn_s.
Author:
Marc-oliver Gewaltig, docu by HEP
SeeAlso:
Source:
/var/www/debian/nest/nest-simulator-2.20.0/lib/sli/typeinit.sli
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