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Re: [Emacs-diffs] master a3b2101 1/2: New file with obarray functions.
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: [Emacs-diffs] master a3b2101 1/2: New file with obarray functions. |
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Wed, 11 Nov 2015 20:35:24 -0500 |
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> Hash tables are a lot newer -- for a long time, obarrays were the only
> Emacs data type that did hashing.
Of course, it's all relative: AFAIK they were introduced in Emacs-21
(i.e. in 2001), so they've already existed for almost half of Emacs's life.
> Perhaps that is why obarrays are used in some places where hash tables
> would be better.
I indeed also believe that's the reason.
Stefan