guile/guile-core/doc ChangeLog scheme-data.texi

[Martin Grabmueller]

CVSROOT:        /cvs
Module name:    guile
Changes by:     Martin Grabmueller <address@hidden>     01/06/29 23:58:04

Modified files:
        guile-core/doc : ChangeLog scheme-data.texi 

Log message:
        * scheme-data.texi (Hash Tables): Added docs for
        `make-hash-table'.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/guile/guile-core/doc/ChangeLog.diff?cvsroot=OldCVS&tr1=1.106&tr2=1.107&r1=text&r2=text
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/guile/guile-core/doc/scheme-data.texi.diff?cvsroot=OldCVS&tr1=1.23&tr2=1.24&r1=text&r2=text

Patches:
Index: guile/guile-core/doc/ChangeLog
diff -u guile/guile-core/doc/ChangeLog:1.106 
guile/guile-core/doc/ChangeLog:1.107
--- guile/guile-core/doc/ChangeLog:1.106        Fri Jun 29 14:43:17 2001
+++ guile/guile-core/doc/ChangeLog      Fri Jun 29 23:58:04 2001
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-06-30  Martin Grabmueller  <address@hidden>
+
+       * scheme-data.texi (Hash Tables): Added docs for
+       `make-hash-table'.
+
 2001-06-29  Martin Grabmueller  <address@hidden>
 
        * misc-modules.texi: New file.
Index: guile/guile-core/doc/scheme-data.texi
diff -u guile/guile-core/doc/scheme-data.texi:1.23 
guile/guile-core/doc/scheme-data.texi:1.24
--- guile/guile-core/doc/scheme-data.texi:1.23  Mon Jun 18 12:08:31 2001
+++ guile/guile-core/doc/scheme-data.texi       Fri Jun 29 23:58:04 2001
@@ -4331,8 +4331,8 @@
 
 @menu
 * Dictionary Types::            About dictionary types; what they're good for.
-* Association Lists::           
-* Hash Tables::                 
+* Association Lists::           List-based dictionaries.
+* Hash Tables::                 Table-based dictionaries.
 @end menu
 
 @node Dictionary Types
@@ -4793,6 +4793,15 @@
 In each of the functions that follow, the @var{table} argument
 must be a vector.  The @var{key} and @var{value} arguments may be
 any Scheme object.
+
address@hidden procedure make-hash-table size
+Create a new hash table of @var{size} slots.  Note that the number of
+slots does not limit the size of the table, it just tells how large
+the underlying vector will be.  The @var{size} should be similar to
+the expected number of elements which will be added to the table, but
+they need not match.  For good performance, it might be a good idea to
+use a prime number as the @var{size}.
address@hidden deffn
 
 @deffn primitive hashq-ref table key [dflt]
 Look up @var{key} in the hash table @var{table}, and return the