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authorGerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>1999-11-02 12:38:00 +0000
committerGerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>1999-11-02 12:38:00 +0000
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@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ Hash tables have no read syntax, and print in hash notation, like this:
@result{} #<hash-table 'eql nil 0/65 0x83af980>
@end example
+@noindent
+(The term ``hash notation'' refers to the initial @samp{#}
+character---@pxref{Printed Representation}---and has nothing to do with
+the term ``hash table.'')
+
Obarrays are also a kind of hash table, but they are a different type
of object and are used only for recording interned symbols
(@pxref{Creating Symbols}).
@@ -108,7 +113,7 @@ This specifies a hint for how many associations you plan to store in the
hash table. If you know the approximate number, you can make things a
little more efficient by specifying it this way. If you specify too
small a size, the hash table will grow automatically when necessary, but
-doing that takes some extra time,
+doing that takes some extra time.
The default size is 65.