From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id BAA01897; Sat, 11 Sep 2004 01:48:17 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f 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 BAA02130 for ; Sat, 11 Sep 2004 01:48:16 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from mail4.speakeasy.net (mail4.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.204]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id i8ANmElj002489 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sat, 11 Sep 2004 01:48:16 +0200 Received: (qmail 23789 invoked from network); 10 Sep 2004 23:48:13 -0000 Received: from shell2.speakeasy.net ([69.17.110.71]) (envelope-sender ) by mail4.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 10 Sep 2004 23:48:13 -0000 Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 16:48:13 -0700 (PDT) From: brogoff To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Gripes with array In-Reply-To: <200409090310.29295.jon@jdh30.plus.com> Message-ID: References: <200409090310.29295.jon@jdh30.plus.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 41423D3E.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; brogoff:01 brogoff:01 caml-list:01 floats:01 arrays:01 arrays:01 speakeasy:01 sep:01 polymorphic:01 float:02 module:03 wrote:03 hack:03 array:04 array:04 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Thu, 9 Sep 2004, Jon Harrop wrote: > I'm increasingly finding the outrageously finite size limit of arrays to be a > pain. In particular, I'm peeved that the size limit is itself a function of > the type which, therefore, makes writing polymorphic functions over arrays > nay-on impossible (e.g. to make an array of maximum-sized arrays). I'm surprised that there were no comments on this. Since the distinction for floats is a performance hack, wouldn't it make more sense to just have a separate module for fast float arrays? -- Brian ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners