# Re: \[RFC PATCH net-next 0/4\] rhashtable: length helper for rhashtable and rhltable

- From: Jakub Kicinski \<kuba@kernel.org\>
- Date: 2023-06-09 18:21:49 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2023/06/11263353
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2023/06/11263311/t.md

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On Fri, 9 Jun 2023 15:13:40 -0300 Pedro Tammela wrote:
> > I mean the name of the helper is not great. > IDK what length of a hashtable is. Feels like a Python-ism.  
> 
> Well 'length' has been the term used in a few languages (Python, Rust, 
> Go, etc...) so it felt the most fitting. If you have any suggestions in 
> mind, do tell; Some that crossed my mind were:
> - count
> - size
> - elems
> - num

count and elems sound best to me
```