From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: hash-table-{to, from}-alist Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:59:54 -0500 Message-ID: References: <863aknitfg.fsf@lifelogs.com> <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> <86prkiiia2.fsf@lifelogs.com> <86ej0ygr5j.fsf@lifelogs.com> <861vwygpc6.fsf@lifelogs.com> <868wqzd06x.fsf@lifelogs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1228255213 30914 80.91.229.12 (2 Dec 2008 22:00:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 22:00:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Ted Zlatanov , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Andreas Schwab Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 02 23:01:16 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 1L7dIx-00062M-Jh for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:01:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56962 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L7dHn-0007V8-BQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:00:03 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L7dHi-0007Uj-7K for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:59:58 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L7dHg-0007UM-M9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:59:57 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=44685 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L7dHg-0007UI-IM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:59:56 -0500 Original-Received: from chene.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.20]:59408) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L7dHg-0007qP-2A for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:59:56 -0500 Original-Received: from alfajor.home (vpn-132-204-232-176.acd.umontreal.ca [132.204.232.176]) by chene.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id mB2Lxsfb022888; Tue, 2 Dec 2008 16:59:54 -0500 Original-Received: by alfajor.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id A6F801C1D9; Tue, 2 Dec 2008 16:59:54 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Andreas Schwab's message of "Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:13:49 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV3160=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:106440 Archived-At: >> I really wish I could write all this in ELisp :) > That should be fairly easy by introducing a variable, say, > hash-table-reader-function and just calling its value when set (and > bailing out if not). That can then be implemented fully in Lisp. Yes, that would seem like a good idea, although I'm not sure how ready the C reader code is to let elisp evaluation take place in the middle of it, so we may find some trouble, but it's worth trying. Stefan