GNU bug report logs - #58338
29.0.50; mapatoms called on more elements than in obarray?

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Reported by: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>

Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2022 16:17:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.0.50

Done: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>

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From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
To: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 58338 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#58338: 29.0.50; mapatoms called on more elements than in obarray?
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2022 18:28:58 +0000

Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com> writes:

> On 22-10-06 20:21 , Philip Kaludercic wrote:
>
>> In that case what confuses me is that (length obarray) doesn't throw an
>> error.  Or what useful information does that give me?
>
> It's a vector, and each vector has a length.

But isn't the fact that it is a vector just a detail of the internal
implementation?

What is even more vexing is that the deceptively named `obarray-size'
just calls `length'.  Is there no better way to count the number of
entries in a obarray, as `hash-table-count' does for hash tables?
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