On Oct 6, 2013 1:53 PM, "Liam Healy" <lnp@healy.washington.dc.us> wrote:
> Is that important? octect-counter is a slot lookup. I've always
> considered slots the equivalent of ordinary variables, so this seems
> at least as efficient as the alternatives.

Right, the slot lookup shouldn't be very relevant. Invoking the octet-counter closure, though, will iterate across the string.

Cheers,
Luís