Re: hash-table-{to, from}-alist

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Stefan Monnier writes:

 > > +        Lisp_Object ht = Fmake_hash_table (param_count, params);
 > > +        Lisp_Object key = Qnil;
 > 
 > We recently decided it was OK to use ANSI C syntax for function headers,
 > but I don't think ANSI C allows such variable declarations in the middle
 > of a block.

ISTR that C99 does allow those declarations (which is a GoodThang[tm]
IMHO), but C89 definitely does not allow them (and portability is a
GooderThang[tm], so let's not do that).