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    (let ((st (syntax-table)))
      (map-char-table (lambda (k v)
			(if (= k ?\()
			    (progn (print k)
				   (print (char-table-range st k))
				   (print (aref st k))
				   (print v))))
		      st))

    produces
    40
    (4 . 41)
    (4 . 41)
    nil

The reason for this is that map-char-table passes the raw contents
of the element, whereas char-table-range and aref handle defaults
and inheritance.

All the other functions that get values from char tables process the
default and inheritance.  The Lisp manual indirectly says that
map-char-table does this too.  I wrote the code--it was not hard.
(It is in many files so I have not included a patch here.)
Does anyone see a reason not to make this change?