On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:04:22 -0400 Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA> wrote: 

>>> OK.  Can I use two names: "hashtable-read" and "hashtable-print" for the
>>> feature?  I can't think of a single name that doesn't sound clumsy
>>> (suggestions welcome, of course).

>> Just hashtable-read, I think.  After all, hashtables already have a
>> print representation (all Lisp objects do)---the present difficulty is
>> that this print representation isn't readable.

SM> Or hashtable-print-readable.

Attached is the patch for review.  I've been using it for a while with
no issues, FWIW.

Thanks
Ted