Serializing an emacs lisp hash for a file

Question

In emacs lisp, is there a way to serialize a hash table into a file and then read it again later?

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simao Jul 31 '12 at 16:46

1 answer

pokita · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-31T17:07:18+0000

This is easily possible since Emacs 23.2 or so. Check with

(featurep 'hashtable-print-readable)

If this returns t, you can simply prin1hash the table into a buffer, save it readlater.