More questions about exported symbols and general style.

Well, two questions about exporting symbols, really. Say I want to set
up bindings to captured variables (like IT in anaphoric macros) in
packages that I'll be using. Do I want to just export IT and friends,
or should I walk through the code and replace them with gensyms or
something?

Also, I've found I've gotten in the habit of naming captured variables
like IT names that begin with dollar signs, i.e., $IT, so they stand
out a bit. Bad, good or indifferent idea?

Cheers,
Pillsy

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