diff --git a/scsh/enumconst.scm b/scsh/enumconst.scm
index 7aa1b77..7de5a3e 100644
--- a/scsh/enumconst.scm
+++ b/scsh/enumconst.scm
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 ;;; Handy for defining random flags and constants.
 ;;; (define-enum-constant "errno" intr 9) => (define errno/intr 9)
-;;; Ugly, but it works.
+
+;;; This is deeply bogus code. It merely serves to demonstrate what a loser
+;;; I am when it comes to serious modern-tech macrology.
 
 ;;; The question: is / the best separator? Alternates: $ . |
 
@@ -12,8 +14,13 @@
 
 (define-syntax define-enum-constant
   (lambda (form rename compare)
-    (let ((%define (rename 'define))
-	  (var (string->symbol (string-append (symbol->string (cadr  form)) "/"
+    (let* ((%define (rename 'define))
+	   (base (let ((b (cadr form)))
+		   (cond ((string? b) b)
+			 ((symbol? b) (symbol->string b))
+			 (else (error "Enum constant base must be symbol or string"
+				      b )))))
+	  (var (string->symbol (string-append base "/"
 					      (symbol->string (caddr form)))))
 	  (value (cadddr form)))
       `(,%define ,var ,value))))