Hashtable (was Re: Dictionaries broken in 3.9a)

Andreas Raab andreas.raab at gmx.de
Tue Sep 20 07:49:18 UTC 2005


Boris Gaertner wrote:
> Specifically the new compiler does not allow a period
> after the end of the message header and it does not
> allow two periods in sequence.

That's bad. "Forgiving on input, strict on output" is generally a good 
rule to follow. The compiler should definitely accept the above when 
invoked non-interactively; whether it'll accept accept it for 
interactive input is another question (is this actually a "syntax error" 
by any measures?).

Cheers,
   - Andreas



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