/* FIXME: Most calls end up going to some trouble to compute an
* 'n_words' value for this function. The system might be a little
* simpler if this function used an 'end' parameter instead. */
/* FIXME: Most calls end up going to some trouble to compute an
* 'n_words' value for this function. The system might be a little
* simpler if this function used an 'end' parameter instead. */