Re: vecsum a Vecsmall

["Ruud H.G. van Tol" <rvtol@isolution.nl>]

On 2026-03-01 12:24, Bill Allombert wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 01, 2026 at 11:55:33AM +0100, Ruud H.G. van Tol wrote:

>> vecsum() doesn't "transparently allow a t_VECSMALL" yet, or a List(),
>> where for example vecsearch() and vecsort() do.
>> As do vecmin(), vecmax(), but their docs don't mention it explicitly.

Should it be mentioned in their documentation?


>> Is vecsum() more limited on purpose?
>
> Not, it is t_VECSMALL which is limited on purpose.
> We do not want to allow direct arithmetic operations on t_VECSMALL 
components,
> because they are not well-defined.
>
> On the other hand, comparaison is normally fine.

OK, understood.

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Somewhat related:

? setisset(Vec([1,2,42]))
%2 = 1

? setisset(Vecsmall([1,2,42]))
%3 = 0

I think that should either return 1, or give an error on bad input-type.
Now it is "serving two masters".

-- Ruud