From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Stephen J. Turnbull" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Hash table read syntax Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:31:15 +0900 Message-ID: <87my1aq8wc.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> References: <87fx72akek.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87vdfydcut.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1261563622 17978 80.91.229.12 (23 Dec 2009 10:20:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:20:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Teodor Zlatanov , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 23 11:20:15 2009 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 1NNOKD-0005D8-J4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:20:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53842 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NNOKD-0003G1-BF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:20:13 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NNOK4-0003Ff-Fp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:20:04 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NNOJz-0003Ey-5Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:20:03 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=38389 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NNOJy-0003Eo-Ud for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:19:58 -0500 Original-Received: from mtps01.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp ([130.158.97.223]:41819) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NNOJy-0001IC-Ib for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:19:58 -0500 Original-Received: from uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp [130.158.99.156]) by mtps01.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id 351931537B6; Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:19:56 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B93D91A2C79; Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:31:15 +0900 (JST) In-Reply-To: <87vdfydcut.fsf@stupidchicken.com> X-Mailer: VM 8.0.12-devo-585 under 21.5 (beta29) "garbanzo" 1444e28f1a3d XEmacs Lucid (x86_64-unknown-linux) 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:118791 Archived-At: Chong Yidong writes: > Never mind, I just remembered that the absence of a colon is for > compatibility with XEmacs. LAME. Actually, no, it's for compatibility with the versions of Common Lisp that were supported by Lucid Energize in about 1992, when generic hash tables for Emacsen were implemented. Guy and Kent admitted that it was a mistake, though, so I guess we could too.