FROM and TO are a character or a vector of characters.
If FROM is a character, that character is translated to TO.
If FROM is a vector of characters, that sequence is translated to TO.
-The first extra-slot of the value is a translation table for reverse mapping."
+The first extra-slot of the value is a translation table for reverse mapping.
+
+FROM and TO may be nil. If TO is nil, the translation from FROM
+to nothing is defined in the translation table and that element
+is ignored in the reverse map. If FROM is nil, the translation
+from TO to nothing is defined in the reverse map only. A vector
+of length zero has the same meaning as specifying nil."
(let ((tables (vector (make-char-table 'translation-table)
(make-char-table 'translation-table)))
table max-lookup from to idx val)
(setq from (cdr elt) to (car elt)))
(if (characterp from)
(setq idx from)
- (setq idx (aref from 0)
- max-lookup (max max-lookup (length from))))
- (setq val (aref table idx))
- (if val
- (progn
- (or (consp val)
- (setq val (list (cons (vector idx) val))))
- (if (characterp from)
- (setq from (vector from)))
- (setq val (nconc val (list (cons from to)))))
- (if (characterp from)
- (setq val to)
- (setq val (list (cons from to)))))
- (aset table idx val))
+ (if (= (length from) 0)
+ (setq idx nil)
+ (setq idx (aref from 0)
+ max-lookup (max max-lookup (length from)))))
+ (when idx
+ (setq val (aref table idx))
+ (if val
+ (progn
+ (or (consp val)
+ (setq val (list (cons (vector idx) val))))
+ (if (characterp from)
+ (setq from (vector from)))
+ (setq val (nconc val (list (cons from to)))))
+ (if (characterp from)
+ (setq val to)
+ (setq val (list (cons from to)))))
+ (aset table idx val)))
(set-char-table-extra-slot table 1 max-lookup))
(set-char-table-extra-slot (aref tables 0) 0 (aref tables 1))
(aref tables 0)))