[phemlock-devel] Re: Hemlock string tables

[Robert Strandh]

Luke Gorrie writes:
 > JFYI: We have three completion algorithms in SLIME and one of them
 > sounds like it does what you mention - it's called "compound prefix
 > matching" in the code.
 > 
 > That's portable Common Lisp in swank.lisp and public domain in case
 > it's any use to you.

That might very well be the case.  Thanks for the hint.  I'll have a
look. 

-- 
Robert Strandh

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