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26.0.50; [PATCH] Make ucs-names a hash table

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: mvoteiza <at> udel.edu, 28302 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#28302: 26.0.50; [PATCH] Make ucs-names a hash table
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2017 09:23:05 +0300

> Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 15:15:07 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Cc: 28302-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Judging only by the Subject line, without looking at the code,
> I'd guess that this will break user code that counts on `ucs-names'
> being an alist.

Yes, which is why it is mentioned as an incompatible change in NEWS.

> I, for one, have 3 libraries that do that: `ucs-cmds.el', `apu.el',
> and Icicles.

I suggest to update them to support a hash table as well as an alist.

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