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Re: Hash table read syntax
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Stephen J. Turnbull |
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Re: Hash table read syntax |
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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:31:15 +0900 |
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.