INITIALIZE cleared my indexes and I did not notice

INITIALIZE WS-TABLE before a reload. Later SEARCH blew up. Turns out INDEXED BY indexes got zeroed and I never SET them again.

Is that expected? Feels like a footgun.

Expected. INITIALIZE resets index-names associated with the group. SET IND TO 1 after, or INITIALIZE only the data fields you care about.

I initialize elementary items or use MOVE of a prebuilt empty clone when indexes are involved.

SET after INITIALIZE. Adding that to my checklist.