'---' naming convention in gen~

Is there a way to name a buffer with the unique (---) argument, ala m4l? I'm trying to rebuild ipoke~ in gen~, but this is going to cause me problems.....

edit::nevermind, I figured it out. I made a premature post. The first arg to gen~ buffer is the internal name, but you can reference the external buffer via the second argument which accepts --- without a problem.

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