From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F7F8BC88 for ; Thu, 10 Feb 2005 18:48:09 +0100 (CET) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j1AHm85q013849 for ; Thu, 10 Feb 2005 18:48:08 +0100 Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA30650 for ; Thu, 10 Feb 2005 18:48:08 +0100 (MET) Received: from shiva.jussieu.fr (shiva.jussieu.fr [134.157.0.129]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j1AHm8bV031084 for ; Thu, 10 Feb 2005 18:48:08 +0100 Received: from localhost (akasha.ijm.jussieu.fr [134.157.173.57]) by shiva.jussieu.fr (8.12.11/jtpda-5.4) with ESMTP id j1AHm7ZC097265 ; Thu, 10 Feb 2005 18:48:07 +0100 (CET) X-Ids: 164 Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 18:48:05 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <20050210.184805.28789072.andrieu@ijm.jussieu.fr> To: juanca@suigeneris.org Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Newbe question: Strings <-> char lists From: Olivier Andrieu In-Reply-To: <200502101718.j1AHIKDu027223@concorde.inria.fr> References: <86u0okqta0.fsf@paul.rtelekom.ru> <200502101718.j1AHIKDu027223@concorde.inria.fr> X-Mailer: Mew version 4.1 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.7.2 (shiva.jussieu.fr [134.157.0.164]); Thu, 10 Feb 2005 18:48:08 +0100 (CET) X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 420B9E58.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 420B9E58.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at shiva.jussieu.fr with ID 420B9E57.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Antivirus: scanned by sophie at shiva.jussieu.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 char:01 andrieu:01 andrieu:01 ijm:01 char:01 beginner's:01 ocaml:01 beginners:01 byte:01 mighty:98 inefficient:01 faq:01 strings:01 strings:01 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Level: Juancarlo Aņez [Thu, 10 Feb 2005]: > > How does one convert a char list to a string? Several possibilities : - read the replies to your previous message - read the FAQ - subscribe to the beginner's list http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners > Why aren't functions for converting char lists to strings and back > part of the standard library. It's mighty inefficient in terms of memory : in a string one character take approximately 1 byte, in a char list it needs 3 words (12 bytes on IA32). -- Olivier