From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Hash table read syntax Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:31:54 -0500 Message-ID: <87vdfydcut.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <87fx72akek.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 1261511785 12154 80.91.229.12 (22 Dec 2009 19:56:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:56:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Teodor Zlatanov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 22 20:56:18 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 1NNAq0-0007LH-Ue for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:56:09 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40809 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NNAq0-0003GN-Qj for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:56:08 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NNApr-0003CO-RF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:56:00 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NNApj-00030Y-Ol for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:55:55 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=45054 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NNApj-000303-9w for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:55:51 -0500 Original-Received: from pantheon-po29.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.124]:47722) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NNAT9-0004v8-FB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:32:31 -0500 Original-Received: from furry ([78.171.45.181]) (authenticated bits=0) by pantheon-po29.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id nBMJVxO9027891 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:32:30 -0500 Original-Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7A81AC05D; Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:31:54 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87fx72akek.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (Chong Yidong's message of "Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:17:07 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.90 (gnu/linux) X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 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:118775 Archived-At: Chong Yidong writes: > I think there's a problem with the design of the hash table read syntax: > > (make-hash-table) > #s(hash-table size 65 test eql rehash-size 1.5 rehash-threshold 0.8 data ()) > > The plist ought to use `:size', `:test', `:rehash-size', etc., rather > than `size', `test', `rehash-size', etc. Otherwise, it's inconsistent > with the arguments to `make-hash-table', which uses `:size', `:test',... > > I would like to make this change now, before it becomes "official" with > the Emacs 23.2 release. Any objections? Never mind, I just remembered that the absence of a colon is for compatibility with XEmacs. LAME.