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/src/ChangeLog	Sat Jan 09 17:35:51 2010 +0100
+++ b/src/ChangeLog	Sat Jan 09 17:28:51 2010 +0000
@@ -201,6 +201,17 @@
 	* faces.c (complex_vars_of_faces): Explain why "*" isn't rewritten
 	as a full XLFD.
 
+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.
+
 2009-11-19  Vin Shelton  <acs@xemacs.org>
 
 	* sysdep.c (sys_subshell): Restore sys_subshell(); it's necessary