GNU bug report logs - #28753
25.3; Functions to get alist from hash table and vice versa

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Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2017 00:27:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 25.3

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 28753 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Nicolas Petton <nicolas <at> petton.fr>
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>,
 Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 28753 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28753: 25.3;
 Functions to get alist from hash table and vice versa
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 15:27:34 +0200

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Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de> writes:

>> Actually, going from alist to hash table doesn't look so
>> useful with `map-into'.  A caller should be able to specify
>> the hash-table parameters (features), such as :test.
>
> Yeah, that's what I thought, too.

That's something I can easily add.  `map-into' would then look like
the following `(defun map-into (map type &rest keywords))'.

However, `keywords' would be ignored when converting to an alist.  I'm
not sure I like it.

> Maybe Nicolas, maintainer of the library, wants to kick in (CC'ing
> him).

No you didn't :-P.

Nico

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