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18.2.10 remhash Function

Syntax:
remhash key hash-table    generalized-boolean

Arguments and Values:
key - an object.

hash-table - a hash table.

generalized-boolean - a generalized boolean.

Description:
Removes the entry for key in hash-table, if any. Returns true if there was such an entry, or false otherwise.

Examples:
 (setq table (make-hash-table))  #<HASH-TABLE EQL 0/120 32115666>
 (setf (gethash 100 table) "C")  "C"
 (gethash 100 table)  "C", true
 (remhash 100 table)  true
 (gethash 100 table)   NIL, false
 (remhash 100 table)  false

Side Effects:
The hash-table is modified.

Allegro CL Implementation Details:
None.

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