List.to_atom
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Specs
Converts a charlist to an atom.
Elixir supports conversions from charlists which contains any Unicode code point.
Inlined by the compiler.
Examples
iex> List.to_atom('Elixir')
:Elixir
iex> List.to_atom('🌢 Elixir')
:"🌢 Elixir"