Ulrich Weigand wrote:
> Joel Brobecker wrote:
>>>> Probably this wasn't intentional?
>>>>
>>> Oops, another instance of the same thing:
>> I wish the compiler would warn us about things like this...  The patch
>> looks correct to me, but I will let Ken and Ulrich take a look. Perhaps
>> they'll be able to suggest a more specific name than `length2' ;-).
> 
> I guess I'd go with something along these lines ...

So committed, as attached.