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> > The function itself is so simple that I see no need for it as a subroutine.
> OK. We can add it later if it happens to be useful in more places.

I think there's a misunderstanding here.  A `subroutine' is not just
any random function, but it's a function that's implemented in C
(hence `subrp' and `subr-arity').
Kind of like the difference between `function' and `command'.


	Stefan