@result{} #<hash-table 'eql nil 0/65 0x83af980>
@end example
+@noindent
+(The term ``hash notation'' refers to the initial @samp{#}
+character---@pxref{Printed Representation}---and has nothing to do with
+the term ``hash table.'')
+
Obarrays are also a kind of hash table, but they are a different type
of object and are used only for recording interned symbols
(@pxref{Creating Symbols}).
hash table. If you know the approximate number, you can make things a
little more efficient by specifying it this way. If you specify too
small a size, the hash table will grow automatically when necessary, but
-doing that takes some extra time,
+doing that takes some extra time.
The default size is 65.