From: Markus Mottl <markus@oefai.at>
To: Chris GauthierDickey <chrisg@cs.uoregon.edu>
Cc: caml-list@inria.fr
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] exception or conditional
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 00:34:21 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040210233421.GA23818@fichte.ai.univie.ac.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4029641D.5050102@cs.uoregon.edu>
On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, Chris GauthierDickey wrote:
> I'm writing a function that is using an array that can be dynamically
> resized. I'm wondering if it would be better to just catch an exception
> if we attempt to go out of bounds in the array (at which point I resize
> the array), or if I should test the size using an if-then-else before I
> enter the main body of my function and resize then.
You might be interested in the RES-library, which also implements
resizable arrays while staying compatible to the Array-module:
http://www.oefai.at/~markus/home/ocaml_sources.html#RES
Bounds checking probably makes less difference to the performance of
your algorithm than you might expect.
Regards,
Markus
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Markus Mottl http://www.oefai.at/~markus markus@oefai.at
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