#undef FUNC_NAME
+size_t
+scm_c_array_length (SCM array)
+{
+ scm_t_array_handle handle;
+ size_t res;
+
+ scm_array_get_handle (array, &handle);
+ if (scm_array_handle_rank (&handle) < 1)
+ {
+ scm_array_handle_release (&handle);
+ scm_wrong_type_arg_msg (NULL, 0, array, "array of nonzero rank");
+ }
+ res = handle.dims[0].ubnd - handle.dims[0].lbnd + 1;
+ scm_array_handle_release (&handle);
+
+ return res;
+}
+
+SCM_DEFINE (scm_array_length, "array-length", 1, 0, 0,
+ (SCM array),
+ "Return the length of an array: its first dimension.\n"
+ "It is an error to ask for the length of an array of rank 0.")
+#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_array_length
+{
+ return scm_from_size_t (scm_c_array_length (array));
+}
+#undef FUNC_NAME
+
+
SCM_DEFINE (scm_array_dimensions, "array-dimensions", 1, 0, 0,
(SCM ra),
"@code{array-dimensions} is similar to @code{array-shape} but replaces\n"