Re: Patches for alist.c

[Jim Blandy <jimb at red-bean dot com>]

> * eliminated some redundant SCM_NIMP calls.

Woo hoo!!!  :)

> Some general remarks and ideas that came across my mind while I applied
> these changes:
> 
> Operand order:
> * The RxRS functions assq, assv and assoc expect the parameters in the
>   order (assq key alist).  In contrast, ass[qv(oc)]-ref use a reverted
>   parameter order.

The idea here (I don't know if it was a good one) was to conform to an
existing pattern of argument order for -ref / -set! / -remove!
functions, shared by hash functions, and list functions, I think.

It's a pity that it conflicts with RxRS, though.