On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 11:05 PM, Chet Ramey <chet.ra...@case.edu> wrote: > > You're using `empty' imprecisely. In your example, a is set, while b > is not.
one could say that if it is not set, it is probably empty? yes, but it was on purpose, not to enter the distinction between hash table with no keys vs. uninitialized hash. cheers, pg