Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer scripsit:

> Obviously the better (best?) name for this is hash-table-pop!.

Agreed.

> It's unfortunate that this conflicts with Gauche, but shouldn't one use
>
>     (pop! (hash-table-ref ht k) x)

One should, except that there is no SRFI for macros like pop!.  Someone
(hint, hint) should write one on top of SRFI 17.  A good starting place
would be the CLHS: <clhs.lisp.se/Body/05_aaa.htm>.

Meanwhile, I'll flush -push and -pop.

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