length

fun length(list: List): <Error class: unknown class>

Gets the number of elements in a #GList.

This function iterates over the whole list to count its elements. Use a #GQueue instead of a GList if you regularly need the number of items. To check whether the list is non-empty, it is faster to check

Return

the number of elements in the #GList

Parameters

list

a #GList, this must point to the top of the list