Re: [Caml-list] print_int is too slow

["Oliver Bandel" <oliver@first.in-berlin.de>]

what about

print_string( string_of_int !length ^ "\n")

??




Zitat von "Diego Olivier Fernandez Pons" <dofp.ocaml@gmail.com>:

>     Gabriel,
>
>> I have no time for empirical checks right now, but is the problem
>> really with print_int, or does replacing (print_newline ()) by
>> (print_string "\n") similarly improves performances? That may very
>> well be related to when buffering happens.
>
> You are right, it's print_newline() that is causing the problem
>
> (> 2s) print_int !length; print_newline ()
> (0.27s) printf.printf "%i\n" !length
> (0.21s) print_int !length; print_string "\n"
>
> I know that is not much of a difference... but it's the IOI training
> exercises and time limits are hard.
> Besides on this case that difference was larger than what I could gain
> with smarter algorithms or better data structure (I tried a dozen
> variants)
>
>         Diego Olivier
>
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