On Sat Apr 23 2011 Leo wrote: > On 2011-04-22 23:36 +0800, Roland Winkler wrote: > > A rather different question is more related to the BBDB internals. In > > BDBB, names are entered into a hash table that is used for things like > > completion (which, by the way, would also become much more complicated > > if the name consisted of more than two fields). > > BTW, why is it called a hash table when it is an obarray?
Because obarrays are used for hashing. (I do not find obarray more mnemonic.) > I am also confused by NOTES and NOTE in variables and functions. > Can we just use the singular NOTE consistently? `note' is used for the elements of the `notes' list. One of these elements has the label `notes'. I guess that whatever is done, it will always be a bit confusing. Roland ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fulfilling the Lean Software Promise Lean software platforms are now widely adopted and the benefits have been demonstrated beyond question. Learn why your peers are replacing JEE containers with lightweight application servers - and what you can gain from the move. http://p.sf.net/sfu/vmware-sfemails _______________________________________________ bbdb-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bbdb-info BBDB Home Page: http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/