[bp-users]Dataloss with term2atom

[Douglas R. Miles]

Hi,

term2atom('A'(X),Atom).

returns:
Atom = 'A(_40182090)'

It should instead return :
Atom = '\'A\'(_40182090)'

another example:

term2atom(on('BlueCone1',redBlock1),Atom).

returns:
Atom = 'on(BlueCone1,redBlock1)'

It should instead return :
Atom = 'on(\'BlueCone1\',redBlock1)'

It would be nice if one could always safely do:

term2atom(Term,Atom),parse_atom(Atom,Term,_).

and have it succeed.

also term2string/2 has the same issue:

term2string(on('BlueCone1',redBlock1),String),atom_codes(A,String).

A = on(BlueCone1,redBlock1)
String =
[111,110,40,66,108,117,101,67,111,110,101,49,44,114,101,100,66,108,111,99,10
7,49,41].


I must be missing global flag to tell it I need my atoms quoted?

Thank you.

Douglas