Re: [Caml-list] stream conversion

[Remi Vanicat <remi.vanicat@laposte.net>]

Dustin Sallings <dustin@spy.net> writes:

> 	I have a need to convert a ``string stream'' to a ``char
> stream.''  It's a little unclear to me how I'd accomplish this.  This
> is the best I've been able to come up with so far, but I have to
> imagine there's a prettier solution:
>
> let stream_convert source =
>      let chunk = ref (Stream.of_string (Stream.next source)) in
>      Stream.from (fun x ->
>          try
>              Stream.empty !chunk;
>              try
>                  Stream.empty source;
>                  None
>              with Stream.Failure ->
>                  chunk := (Stream.of_string (Stream.next source));
>                  Some (Stream.next !chunk)
>          with Stream.Failure ->
>              Some (Stream.next !chunk)
>      )
> ;;
>
> 	Any suggestions?

why do you use Stream.empty ? it would be more natural to use only
Stream.next. As in :
let stream_convert source =
  let chunk = ref (Stream.of_string (Stream.next source)) in
  Stream.from (fun x ->
    try 
      Some (Stream.next !chunk)
    with
      Stream.Failure ->
       (* code needed when the chunk is empty *)
    )


By the way, your code make the assumption that no string in the source
stream are empty (look at what would happen in such case).


-- 
Rémi Vanicat

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