Re: make-hash-table :size

[Joost Kremers]

Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> so i start wondering, will i gain anything by defining my hash tables with
>> (make-hash-table :size 15)? does it save memory, will it speed things up?
>
> It might do both.  But as always, this is strongly dependent on what your
> code does, so you'll have to measure it yourself.
>
> The expectation is that specifying a (mostly correct) size should only make
> things better.  If it makes things worse, then it might be considered as
> a bug.

ok, thanks for the info. i'll just put it in, then, and if i see some
terrible degradation in performance, i'll know what first to try...

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