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From: Jon Harrop <jon@ffconsultancy.com>
To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Maximum non-constant constructors
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 17:55:25 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200503171755.25927.jon@ffconsultancy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050317140034.GA7049@localhost>

On Thursday 17 March 2005 14:00, Eric Cooper wrote:
> For example, for all strings XXX, the variants `XXX and `zyctRecXXX
> collide.

So they do:

# type a = [ `ABC | `zyctRecABC ];;
Variant tags `ABC and `zyctRecABC have same hash value. Change one of them.
#

> My guess is that none of them are likely to be chosen by
> humans, but might occur in program-generated code.

Good point! I think this justifies the existence of a library function to 
compare the hashes of string names of polymorphic variants. Does such a 
function exist?

-- 
Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd.
Objective CAML for Scientists
http://www.ffconsultancy.com/products/ocaml_for_scientists


  parent reply	other threads:[~2005-03-17 17:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-03-16 19:51 Tom Hawkins
2005-03-16 20:42 ` [Caml-list] " Alain Frisch
2005-03-16 23:22   ` Tom Hawkins
2005-03-17 15:23     ` Stefan Monnier
2005-03-16 23:32   ` [Caml-list] " Richard Jones
2005-03-17 12:36     ` Jean-Christophe Filliatre
2005-03-17 14:00       ` Eric Cooper
2005-03-17 17:32         ` Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk
2005-03-17 18:27           ` Richard Jones
2005-03-17 17:55         ` Jon Harrop [this message]
2005-03-19  2:28           ` Jacques Garrigue

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