[issue11733] Implement a `Counter.elements_count` method

[Raymond Hettinger]

Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettinger at gmail.com> added the comment:

Thanks for the feature request.  Py3.3 is a long ways away, so I'll leave this open for a while.

Comments in favor:
* Precedent with Smalltalk bags that know their total length

Comments against:
* sum(c.values()) is trivial to write
* fattening the API makes it harder to learn and remember

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priority: normal -> low

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