Re: [Caml-list] Should be INSIDE STANDARD-LIB: Hashtbl.keys

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>]

On Sat, Apr 24, 2004 at 10:09:04AM +0200, Oliver Bandel wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 03:41:49PM -0500, John Goerzen wrote:
> > OK, but why should we eliminate a useful function because 1% of uses
> > of it will be slow?
> > 
> > Make a note in the docs (like that notes that are there already that say
> > "this function is not tail-recursive") and put it in for those that will
> > find it useful.
> 
> 
> What does the O()-notation have to do with tail recursiveness?
> IMHO nothing. But I'm not a computer scientist. Maybe there
> is a linkage between. But the O()-notation says something about the

What I'm saying is this: a known problem with a function, whether it is
excessive stack use or slow performance, is not necessarily a reason to
keep it out of the standard library.  The flaw should be noted in the
documentation.  And that's just what has been done with the
non-tail-recursive functions.

-- John

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