From: Jamie W. <j...@jm...> - 2004-02-04 18:25:57
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On Wednesday 04 February 2004 17:30, Reuben Thomas wrote: > So that's part of our re-org of the existing libraries. Yeah. Just means that stdlib will break existing code, slowing uptake. > Keyword, duh. func? I suppose. Given that those functions are likely to be used in groups, it would be nice to have something really short, but I suppose fn is too likely to get shadowed by people's locals. > It's a real pity that next() is linear or map over vectors wouldn't have > to be different from map over tables. It would anyway. Map over vectors needs to miss out the n if present. Also, next() doesn't honour numerical order. And why do you say next is linear? -- Jamie Webb |