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Re: Length of obarray vectors


From: Pascal J. Bourguignon
Subject: Re: Length of obarray vectors
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:16:38 +0100
User-agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/22.3 (darwin)

Nordlöw <per.nordlow@gmail.com> writes:

> On Nov 6, 11:18 am, Nordlöw <per.nord...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> What length should I use when I create a vector that will act as an
>> obarray?
>> My suggestion: The smallest prime larger than the number of symbols
>> that should be interned?
>> If this is correct why does (length obarray) give such a small number,
>> 15
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Nordlöw
>
> It should be 1511, not 15.
>
> Forgot one thing: My guess: Is it a trade-off of performance (big
> length) and memory usage (small length)?

The reason is that obarrays are not arrays, but trees. You're watching
only the root of the tree.

-- 
__Pascal Bourguignon__


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