From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6594BC0B for ; Sat, 9 Dec 2006 10:31:28 +0100 (CET) Received: from ptb-relay03.plus.net (ptb-relay03.plus.net [212.159.14.214]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id kB99VSO9026288 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sat, 9 Dec 2006 10:31:28 +0100 Received: from [80.229.56.224] (helo=[10.0.0.5]) by ptb-relay03.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1GsyYJ-0004I0-K3 for caml-list@yquem.inria.fr; Sat, 09 Dec 2006 09:31:27 +0000 From: Jon Harrop Organization: Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] A Question About Types and Inlining Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2006 09:28:44 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <4579F1A4.6080606@ichips.intel.com> <20061209005506.GD3642@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20061209005506.GD3642@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200612090928.45304.jon@ffconsultancy.com> X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 457A8270.002 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; inlining:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 frog:98 wrote:01 signatures:01 caml-list:01 int:01 caml:02 objective:02 types:03 optimization:03 overhead:04 overhead:04 variable:06 On Saturday 09 December 2006 00:55, Eric Cooper wrote: > You can use > type variable = Variable of int > etc. > in your signatures. > > This makes the representation visible for optimization purposes, > incurs no representation overhead, In OCaml, that imposes a huge representation overhead. -- Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. Objective CAML for Scientists http://www.ffconsultancy.com/products/ocaml_for_scientists