From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sam Steingold Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: completing-read: obarray/alist okay, hash-table not? Date: 03 Apr 2002 09:46:41 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200204030456.g334ufI11887@aztec.santafe.edu> Reply-To: sds@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1017845306 18368 127.0.0.1 (3 Apr 2002 14:48:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 14:48:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16sm3m-0004m9-00 for ; Wed, 03 Apr 2002 16:48:26 +0200 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 16smFv-0003LC-00 for ; Wed, 03 Apr 2002 17:00:59 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16sm3P-00027d-00; Wed, 03 Apr 2002 09:48:03 -0500 Original-Received: from out007pub.verizon.net ([206.46.170.107] helo=out007.verizon.net) by fencepost.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16sm1M-0001q6-00; Wed, 03 Apr 2002 09:45:56 -0500 Original-Received: from gnu.org ([151.203.48.85]) by out007.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.04.05 201-253-122-122-105-20011231) with ESMTP id <20020403144617.DUEK22801.out007.verizon.net@gnu.org>; Wed, 3 Apr 2002 08:46:17 -0600 Original-To: rms@gnu.org X-Attribution: Sam X-Disclaimer: You should not expect anyone to agree with me. Mail-Copies-To: never In-Reply-To: <200204030456.g334ufI11887@aztec.santafe.edu> Original-Lines: 20 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2.50 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:2347 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:2347 > * In message <200204030456.g334ufI11887@aztec.santafe.edu> > * On the subject of "Re: completing-read: obarray/alist okay, hash-table not?" > * Sent on Tue, 2 Apr 2002 21:56:41 -0700 (MST) > * Honorable Richard Stallman writes: > > why completing-read (and try-completion, all-completions &c) accept > obarray/alist as the second arg, but do not accept a hash table? > > Nobody has updated it since hash tables were added to Emacs. > Do you want to implement allowing a hash table? I prefer writing lisp, and this will have to be done in C. I would rather see this done by someone who knows the Emacs implementation of hash tables better. -- Sam Steingold (http://www.podval.org/~sds) running RedHat7.2 GNU/Linux Keep Jerusalem united! Read, think and remember! I'm a Lisp variable -- bind me!