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diff --git a/lisp/gnus/gnus-util.el b/lisp/gnus/gnus-util.el
index 6f706fabce5..09d7ab9432e 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/gnus-util.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/gnus-util.el
@@ -746,6 +746,28 @@ If there's no subdirectory, delete DIRECTORY as well."
(unless dir
(delete-directory directory)))))
+;; The following two functions are used in gnus-registry.
+;; They were contributed by Andreas Fuchs <asf@void.at>.
+(defun gnus-alist-to-hashtable (alist)
+ "Build a hashtable from the values in ALIST."
+ (let ((ht (make-hash-table
+ :size 4096
+ :test 'equal)))
+ (mapc
+ (lambda (kv-pair)
+ (puthash (car kv-pair) (cdr kv-pair) ht))
+ alist)
+ ht))
+
+(defun gnus-hashtable-to-alist (hash)
+ "Build an alist from the values in HASH."
+ (let ((list nil))
+ (maphash
+ (lambda (key value)
+ (setq list (cons (cons key value) list)))
+ hash)
+ list))
+
(defun gnus-strip-whitespace (string)
"Return STRING stripped of all whitespace."
(while (string-match "[\r\n\t ]+" string)
@@ -1616,6 +1638,25 @@ empty directories from OLD-PATH."
(defalias 'gnus-set-process-query-on-exit-flag
'process-kill-without-query))
+(if (fboundp 'with-local-quit)
+ (defalias 'gnus-with-local-quit 'with-local-quit)
+ (defmacro gnus-with-local-quit (&rest body)
+ "Execute BODY, allowing quits to terminate BODY but not escape further.
+When a quit terminates BODY, `gnus-with-local-quit' returns nil but
+requests another quit. That quit will be processed as soon as quitting
+is allowed once again. (Immediately, if `inhibit-quit' is nil.)"
+ ;;(declare (debug t) (indent 0))
+ `(condition-case nil
+ (let ((inhibit-quit nil))
+ ,@body)
+ (quit (setq quit-flag t)
+ ;; This call is to give a chance to handle quit-flag
+ ;; in case inhibit-quit is nil.
+ ;; Without this, it will not be handled until the next function
+ ;; call, and that might allow it to exit thru a condition-case
+ ;; that intends to handle the quit signal next time.
+ (eval '(ignore nil))))))
+
(provide 'gnus-util)
;;; arch-tag: f94991af-d32b-4c97-8c26-ca12a934de49