Re: [Caml-list] Generators/iterators and lazy evaluation?

[Richard Jones <rich@annexia.org>]

On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 07:16:52AM +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
> One ocaml solution to this is an class/object:
> 
>     class pow2gen =
>         object
>             val mutable current = 0
>     
>             method next () =
>                 current <-
>                     if current == 0 then 1
>                     else current * 2 ;
>                 current
>         end

Potentially anything which keeps state can be used.  I much prefer:

  let pow2gen =
    let current = ref 0 in
    fun () ->
      current := if !current = 0 then 1 else !current * 2;
      !current

Mainly because it can be inserted anywhere within a function.

Rich.

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Richard Jones
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