(keyboard-translate): Use a char-table.

[bpt/emacs.git] / lisp / subr.el

diff --git a/lisp/subr.el b/lisp/subr.el
index 102e60e..b68876b 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/subr.el
+++ b/lisp/subr.el
@@ -213,22 +213,15 @@ a string or vector of length 1."
            (setq inserted t)))
       (setq tail (cdr tail)))))
 
+(put 'keyboard-translate-table 'char-table-extra-slots 0)
+
 (defun keyboard-translate (from to)
   "Translate character FROM to TO at a low level.
 This function creates a `keyboard-translate-table' if necessary
 and then modifies one entry in it."
-  (or (arrayp keyboard-translate-table)
-      (setq keyboard-translate-table ""))
-  (if (or (> from (length keyboard-translate-table))
-         (> to   (length keyboard-translate-table)))
-      (progn
-       (let* ((i (length keyboard-translate-table))
-              (table (concat keyboard-translate-table
-                             (make-string (- 256 i) 0))))
-         (while (< i 256)
-           (aset table i i)
-           (setq i (1+ i)))
-         (setq keyboard-translate-table table))))
+  (or (char-table-p keyboard-translate-table)
+      (setq keyboard-translate-table
+           (make-char-table 'keyboard-translate-table nil)))
   (aset keyboard-translate-table from to))
 
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