From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: hash-table-{to, from}-alist Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:04:22 -0400 Message-ID: References: <863aknitfg.fsf@lifelogs.com> <20081122152126.GA4142@tomas> <87vdufk6do.fsf@xemacs.org> <867i6tt4yz.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87bpw4k1z6.fsf@xemacs.org> <86bpw3d829.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87k5ari5jh.fsf@xemacs.org> <86prkiiia2.fsf@lifelogs.com> <86ej0ygr5j.fsf@lifelogs.com> <861vwygpc6.fsf@lifelogs.com> <868wqzd06x.fsf@lifelogs.com> <867i6hrrh9.fsf@lifelogs.com> <86prk8q8yn.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87eiry58qs.fsf@jumptrading.com> <87skge2dm6.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87ab2m562t.fsf@lifelogs.com> <871vnyot6m.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 1248987885 6731 80.91.229.12 (30 Jul 2009 21:04:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:04:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Ted Zlatanov , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 30 23:04:37 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 1MWcnj-0007Jv-MN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:04:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33102 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MWcnj-0001Dt-6A for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:04:35 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MWcne-0001D1-9Z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:04:30 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MWcnZ-0001B8-2O for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:04:29 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=60899 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MWcnY-0001B1-UA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:04:24 -0400 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:40552) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MWcnY-0008J8-CZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:04:24 -0400 Original-Received: from faina.iro.umontreal.ca (faina.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.26.177]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id n6UL4P3n032580; Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:04:25 -0400 Original-Received: by faina.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 818AF3A06B; Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:04:22 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <871vnyot6m.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (Chong Yidong's message of "Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:40:49 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.94 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV3330=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:113421 Archived-At: >> OK. Can I use two names: "hashtable-read" and "hashtable-print" for the >> feature? I can't think of a single name that doesn't sound clumsy >> (suggestions welcome, of course). > Just hashtable-read, I think. After all, hashtables already have a > print representation (all Lisp objects do)---the present difficulty is > that this print representation isn't readable. Or hashtable-print-readable. Stefan