Re: [AUCTeX-devel] Re: [AUCTeX-commit] auctex ./ChangeLog style/amsbsy.el style/amsmat...

[David Kastrup]

Arne Jørgensen <address@hidden> writes:

> David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Frankly, I am not sure this is the best way to go about it: we are
>> pretty much polluting the normal name space with it.
>
> Good point. 
>
>> Perhaps we should find some way to store this in a separate hash
>> table instead, like most of the macro and enviroment support works
>> (except that at the time that was written, hash tables were
>> non-existent)?
>
> I will take a look at it when I have the time.
>
> I have looked at it already to understand how the
> `TeX-auto-generate' stuff works (for scanning for \DeclareOption),
> but it is not the easiest code to read and understand.

You misspelled "steaming heap".  It is definitely something that
should be completely redone in a comprehensible way using hash tables
(both XEmacs and Emacs 21 have them).

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum