SCM rest = scm_cdr (prop_path);
if (scm_is_pair (rest))
{
- SCM where = assq_tail (key, alist);
+ SCM where = assoc_tail (key, alist);
+
if (scm_is_false (where))
return scm_acons (key, nested_create_alist (rest, value), alist);
return scm_acons (key, nested_property_alist (scm_cdar (where),
// This converts an alist with nested overrides in it to a proper
// alist. The number of nested overrides is known in advance,
// everything up to the last nested override is copied, the tail is
-// shared
+// shared.
+//
+// The first nalist index has to be a symbol since the conversion
+// relies on eq? comparisons, uses some special non-symbol values for
+// special purposes, and does validity checking indexed by symbols.
+// Subindexing can be done with equal?-comparable indexes, however.
SCM
nalist_to_alist (SCM nalist, int nested)
scm_set_cdr_x (pair, scm_cons (elt, scm_cdr (pair)));
continue;
}
-
+ assert (scm_is_symbol (key));
// plain override: apply any known corresponding partials
SCM pair = assq_pop_x (key, &partials);
if (scm_is_true (pair))