Re: [Caml-list] pattern matching on integer intervals

[Edgar Friendly <thelema314@gmail.com>]

On 01/21/2012 01:14 PM, Pierre Chopin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to do pattern matching on unicode characters, represented by
> integers. I would like to do something like that
>
>   let f c =
>   match c with
>     0xff .. 0xfff -> foo
>
> I know we can pattern match over char intervals but It doesn't be to be
> the case for char intervals. Some I have two questions:
>   Is there a better way of doing what I am doing and why is it possible
> to pattern match over char intervals and not int intervals?

The author of Camomile wrote IMap and ISet to efficiently store 
maps/sets over a large domain where large ranges are the same.  You may 
be able to use these DIET trees from camomile or from batteries to 
accomplish something along the lines of what you want.

E.