Re: reduced size symbols/keywords

v> Here I'm counting five slots, for a (32 bit machine) total size
v> of 20 bytes, just for the structure, when the actual "payload"
v> is only 12 bytes, or about 60% "waste"

yep, _just for structure_. for each symbol there is a string allocated
on heap. two or four bytes per char on unicode-supporting implementation.
plus overhead for type information, memory allocation etc. plus entry in
package's hash table.

it would be not 60% "waste", but more like 5-10% -- it's very unlikely
it can affect you.


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