Mention accuracy of Base.summarysize
in docstring
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Base.summarysize
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#55552
From #32881 (comment):
While
Base.summarysize
is being improved upon (e.g., see #54606), it's not 100% accurate. Some example issues:Base.summarysize
include alignment? #32881Base.summarysize(::Symbol)
returns zero #55549I saw there's people advocating for a better
sizeof
docstring (#54007). Do you think adding a note stating thatsummarysize
isn't to be relied upon (and, ideally, in which cases it is accurate) is worth the effort? IMO this isn't clear enough as things currently stand.The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: