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>>>>> "Greg" == Greg Hill <ghill@synergymicro.com> writes:
> 	(meq (char-syntax (following-char)) ?w ?_)
> instead of using
> 	(memq (char-syntax (following-char) '(?w ?_)))

memq is pretty fast given the general slowness of the elisp interpreter.
If you really care about the few extra chars, then you can of course do

   (defun meq (x &rest xs) (memq x xs))

although I honestly don't see the point.


        Stefan