Use keywords, not ordinary symbols, in the structure syntax for hash tables. lisp/ChangeLog addition: 2010-01-09 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> * descr-text.el (describe-char-unihan-field-descriptions): * cl-macs.el: Use keywords, not ordinary symbols, in the hash table read syntax, for compatibility with Common Lisp and recent GNU Emacs. man/ChangeLog addition: 2010-01-09 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> * lispref/objects.texi (Hash Table Type): * lispref/hash-tables.texi (Introduction to Hash Tables): Use keywords, not ordinary symbols, in the hash table read syntax; document that we do accept the ordinary symbols for the sake of backward-compatiblity. 2010-01-09 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> * elhash.c: (print_hash_table, print_hash_table_data) (hash_table_instantiate) (structure_type_create_hash_table_structure_name): (syms_of_elhash): Use keywords, not ordinary symbols, in the hash table read syntax, for compatibility with Common Lisp and recent GNU Emacs. Accept the non-keyword syntax, but don't allow mixing of the two styles.

--- a/man/ChangeLog	Sat Jan 09 17:35:51 2010 +0100
+++ b/man/ChangeLog	Sat Jan 09 17:28:51 2010 +0000
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@
 	Remove references to xmu.c and xmu.h.
 	(Modules for Interfacing with X Windows): Ditto.
 
+2010-01-09  Aidan Kehoe  <kehoea@parhasard.net>
+
+	* lispref/objects.texi (Hash Table Type):
+	* lispref/hash-tables.texi (Introduction to Hash Tables):
+	Use keywords, not ordinary symbols, in the hash table read syntax;
+	document that we do accept the ordinary symbols for the sake of
+	backward-compatiblity.
+
 2009-11-10  Jerry James  <james@xemacs.org>
 
 	* internals/internals.texi (XEmacs from the Perspective of Building):