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From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: obarray
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 02:56:57 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lhzmc1w6.fsf@web.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87bo0irj13.fsf@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se

Hi,

> So it is a hash table of symbols: variables, constants,
> :keywords, functions, ...?
>
> And when you do `defvar', is the symbol name inserted
> into this data structure based on some property -
> perhaps the name itself, or type (if a "symbol" isn't
> atomic)?
>
> Is the value inserted as well or do they use some sort
> of pointer scheme?

That's all described very well in

  (info "(elisp) Creating Symbols")


Michael.




  reply	other threads:[~2013-12-15  1:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-12-15  0:54 obarray Emanuel Berg
2013-12-15  1:14 ` obarray Juanma Barranquero
     [not found] ` <mailman.9268.1387070101.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-12-15  1:37   ` obarray Emanuel Berg
2013-12-15  1:56     ` Michael Heerdegen [this message]
2013-12-15  1:59     ` obarray Juanma Barranquero
     [not found]     ` <mailman.9271.1387072648.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-12-15  4:17       ` obarray Emanuel Berg
2013-12-15  4:17     ` obarray Barry Margolin
2013-12-15  4:47       ` obarray Michael Heerdegen
2013-12-15  4:55       ` obarray Emanuel Berg
2013-12-15  6:04         ` obarray Barry Margolin
2013-12-15 17:43           ` obarray Emanuel Berg
2013-12-16 17:44             ` obarray Barry Margolin
2013-12-17  1:47               ` obarray Michael Heerdegen
     [not found]               ` <mailman.9442.1387244871.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-12-17  2:11                 ` obarray Emanuel Berg
2013-12-17  2:55                   ` obarray Michael Heerdegen
     [not found]                   ` <mailman.9452.1387248989.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-12-17  3:01                     ` obarray Emanuel Berg
2013-12-17 17:32                       ` obarray Barry Margolin
2013-12-17 17:42                         ` obarray Emanuel Berg
     [not found]       ` <mailman.9279.1387082898.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-12-15  5:11         ` obarray Emanuel Berg
2013-12-15  5:36           ` obarray Emanuel Berg
2013-12-15  6:17             ` obarray Michael Heerdegen
     [not found]             ` <mailman.9283.1387088419.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-12-15 17:51               ` obarray Emanuel Berg
2013-12-15  6:15           ` obarray Michael Heerdegen
     [not found]           ` <mailman.9282.1387088166.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-12-15 17:47             ` obarray Emanuel Berg
2013-12-15  5:58         ` obarray Barry Margolin
2013-12-15 17:28           ` obarray Emanuel Berg
2013-12-17 14:38 ` obarray jack-mac

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