Re: Print representation of records and hash tables

[Tianxiang Xiong <tianxiang.xiong@gmail.com>]

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@Stefan, perhaps it'd be helpful to explain *why* `#s` was chosen. I'd
guess it's to fit with the `#s` read macro for structures
<https://www.cs.cmu.edu/Groups/AI/html/cltl/clm/node191.html> in CL?

It's too bad hash tables already use `#s`--`#{`
<http://frank.kank.net/essays/hash.html> or `#h` <http://cl21.org/> would
be more appropriate.


On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 12:22 PM, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
wrote:

> >>> Yes, it's confusing, and I'm very much against it. Interpretation of
> ELisp
> >>> code (even compiled code) now changes in a very subtle manner
> depending on
> >>> whether a record named `hash-table` happens to be defined or not.
> SM> Similarly, interpretation of Elisp code can change in a very subtle
> SM> manner if someone does (fset 'apply (lambda ...)).
> > OK, but the read behavior is more broken. Right now records have
> > basicall taken over all #s
>
> No, only those that are not taken by other uses.
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>         Stefan
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