The standard Lisp use for generated symbols is to provide a way to reliably avoid name clashes during macro expansion. I'm not sure if that qualifies as a prac

The standard Lisp use for generated symbols is to provide a way to reliably avoid name clashes during macro expansion. I'm not sure if that qualifies as a practical use in the out in the wild or just a practical way to fix pain (e.g. CPP nonsense) that you can see out in the wild.