Function: ediff-get-symbol-from-alist
ediff-get-symbol-from-alist is a byte-compiled function defined in
ediff-init.el.gz.
Signature
(ediff-get-symbol-from-alist BUF-TYPE ALIST)
Source Code
;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/vc/ediff-init.el.gz
;; A-list is supposed to be of the form (A . symb) (B . symb)...)
;; where the first part of any association is a buffer type and the second is
;; an appropriate symbol. Given buffer-type, this function returns the
;; symbol. This is used to avoid using `intern'
(defsubst ediff-get-symbol-from-alist (buf-type alist)
(cdr (assoc buf-type alist)))