From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David De La Harpe Golden Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: hash-table-{to, from}-alist Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:34:42 +0000 Message-ID: <492CC3D2.1030104@harpegolden.net> References: <863aknitfg.fsf@lifelogs.com> <20080830051807.GB9625@tomas> <86bpwe9su5.fsf@lifelogs.com> <867i6z1jo5.fsf_-_@lifelogs.com> <86ej14vhvg.fsf@lifelogs.com> <20081122054510.GA28298@tomas> <873ahkkkt5.fsf@xemacs.org> <20081122152126.GA4142@tomas> <87vdufk6do.fsf@xemacs.org> <867i6tt4yz.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87bpw4k1z6.fsf@xemacs.org> <86bpw3d829.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87k5ari5jh.fsf@xemacs.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1227670501 10743 80.91.229.12 (26 Nov 2008 03:35:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:35:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Ted Zlatanov , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Stephen J. Turnbull" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 26 04:36:05 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1L5BC8-0002E2-Fh for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:36:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44841 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L5BAz-00047x-3J for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:34:53 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L5BAt-00044m-Qx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:34:47 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L5BAt-00043Q-4w for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:34:47 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58110 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L5BAs-000430-Js for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:34:46 -0500 Original-Received: from harpegolden.net ([65.99.215.13]:37076) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L5BAs-0002Go-8j for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:34:46 -0500 Original-Received: from [87.198.54.45] (87-198-54-45.ptr.magnet.ie [87.198.54.45]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "David De La Harpe Golden", Issuer "David De La Harpe Golden Personal CA rev 3" (verified OK)) by harpegolden.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20C788322; Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:34:44 +0000 (GMT) User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20081018) In-Reply-To: <87k5ari5jh.fsf@xemacs.org> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:106185 Archived-At: Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: > > I'm OK with that format and it seems pretty good, > > Good. I would be very annoyed if we had to support an alternative > syntax. [I think I misunderstood xemacs in my last post, not a user of it], so: "#s(hash-table ...)" with round brackets or "#s" with angle brackets ? Checking xemacs lisp ref and thread posts, looks like round brackets are consistent with xemacs. Not that it's a major change, just that Ted's patch used <> (I realise now that all participants in the thread before I chimed in cluelessly may simply have taken it as understood that would be changed later, sorry...)