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 SAA01321; Sat, 1 May 2004 18:40:47 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA01230 for ; Sat, 1 May 2004 18:40:46 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from glockenspiel.complete.org (glockenspiel.complete.org [69.10.152.57]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i41GeiEV027541 for ; Sat, 1 May 2004 18:40:45 +0200 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by glockenspiel.complete.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A7D9C1; Sat, 1 May 2004 11:40:45 -0500 (CDT) Received: from glockenspiel.complete.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (glockenspiel [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10025) with ESMTP id 00678-08; Sat, 1 May 2004 11:40:44 -0500 (CDT) Received: from erwin.complete.org (unknown [12.149.180.20]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "erwin.complete.org", Issuer "John Goerzen -- Root CA" (verified OK)) by glockenspiel.complete.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 957E57C; Sat, 1 May 2004 11:40:43 -0500 (CDT) Received: from katherina.lan.complete.org (katherina.lan.complete.org [10.200.0.4]) by erwin.complete.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B741714C9; Sat, 1 May 2004 11:40:28 -0500 (CDT) Received: by katherina.lan.complete.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8D13C101F; Sat, 1 May 2004 11:41:08 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sat, 1 May 2004 11:41:08 -0500 From: John Goerzen To: skaller Cc: caml-list Subject: Re: [Caml-list] List.rev Message-ID: <20040501164108.GA9707@complete.org> References: <20040430175429.GB11118@online.fr> <4092A448.6080909@1969.ws> <1083376750.2581.183.camel@pelican.wigram> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1083376750.2581.183.camel@pelican.wigram> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p7 (Debian) at complete.org X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 4093D30C.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 2004:99 overflow:02 complexity:02 stack:02 wrote:03 btw:03 i'm:07 function:09 function:09 john:09 wrong:12 rev:13 01,:13 really:15 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Sat, May 01, 2004 at 11:59:10AM +1000, skaller wrote: > BTW: documentation that says a function is 'tail recursive' > is misguided. That's an implementation detail of no > possible use to a user of the function. The user may > benefit from knowing the complexity of the function > in terms of speed and auxilliary storage required. That wrong. I really want to know whether or not I'm going to get a stack overflow from using a function on a large list. ------------------- 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