From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6851: Documentation: `make-hash-table' "add that many space" Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:39:58 -0400 Message-ID: <87vd7eyqld.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1281748133 5024 80.91.229.12 (14 Aug 2010 01:08:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 01:08:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 6851@debbugs.gnu.org To: MON KEY Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 14 03:08:52 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ok5Ex-0001A7-DB for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 14 Aug 2010 03:08:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59682 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ok5Ew-0002Iw-OI for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:08:50 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=33450 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ok5Eo-0002H5-Tu for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:08:43 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ok5En-0003si-MH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:08:42 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:53079) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ok5En-0003se-H5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:08:41 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ok4n5-0006AJ-8D; Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:40:03 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Chong Yidong Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 00:40:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 6851 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 6851-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B6851.128174634823655 (code B ref 6851); Sat, 14 Aug 2010 00:40:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6851) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Aug 2010 00:39:08 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ok4mB-00069U-CH for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:39:07 -0400 Original-Received: from pantheon-po45.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.79]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ok4m9-000698-Cu for 6851@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:39:05 -0400 Original-Received: from furry (dhcp128036014221.central.yale.edu [128.36.14.221]) (authenticated bits=0) by pantheon-po45.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id o7E0dwAh018515 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:39:58 -0400 Original-Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 641BB16D402; Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:39:58 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (MON KEY's message of "Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:19:29 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:40:03 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:39470 Archived-At: MON KEY writes: > | :rehash-size REHASH-SIZE - Indicates how to expand the table when it > | fills up. If REHASH-SIZE is an integer, add that many space. If it > | is a float, it must be > 1.0, and the new size is computed by > | multiplying the old size with that factor. Default is 1.5. > Following sentence doesn't parse: > > "If REHASH-SIZE is an integer, add that many space." > ^^^^ ^^^^^ > Even if what the author meant was: > > "If REHASH-SIZE is an integer, add that much space." > > it still won't yield a satisfactory parse b/c space isn't a term > specified elsewhere in the doc so it isn't clear which space is being > added to. Thanks. I checked in a fix. The "number of spaces" is the nominal size of the hash table, defined in the preceding part of the docstring.