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 gcl (2.6.7+dfsga-6) unstable; urgency=high
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   * fast hash-equal in compiler
Author: Camm Maguire <camm@debian.org>

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--- gcl-2.6.7+dfsga.orig/o/read.d
+++ gcl-2.6.7+dfsga/o/read.d
@@ -2408,8 +2408,10 @@ LFD(Lreadtablep)()
 	    || rdtbl->rt.rt_self[char_code(dspchr)].rte_dtab == NULL)
 		FEerror("~S is not a dispatch character.", 1, dspchr);
 	if (digitp(char_code(subchr),10) >= 0) @(return Cnil)
-	else @(return `rdtbl->rt.rt_self[char_code(dspchr)]
-		  .rte_dtab[char_code(subchr)]`)
+	  else {
+	    object x=rdtbl->rt.rt_self[char_code(dspchr)].rte_dtab[char_code(subchr)];
+	    @(return `x==default_dispatch_macro ? Cnil : x`)
+	      }
 @)
 
 static object
