Re: [Ocaml-lib-devel] Future and status of extlib?

[Nicolas C. <war...@fr...>]

> First, is this forked library a derivative of CDK, so it includes all
> of the enhancements of CDK STDLIB derivative?

No its does not :
- first , extlib is sometimes overriding existing functions with same
specification (such as a tail recursive map) or different (raising different
exception). you can then use extlib as a replacement for stdlib (more like
an overriding of some functions + new functions) or as a set of new
functions (like the CDK).
- in the beginning we asked for useful functions that should be added and we
stated case-by-case which one should be or not. This is still "open" if you
have idea.
- after that, I have looked at the CDK and didn't find anything more worth
including (still need to look through the String2 module)

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> Also, may I suggest that we release all of the stable modules and
> increment the patchlevel as soon as a new module is considered stable
> and complete. (And we only release (Put all Dev modules into a
> Stdlib.Dev submodule)

Only stable modules will be released, but this will not prevent us from
extending them later.
Dev modules should be only available through the CVS snapshot/version.

> Anyways, I have an modified version of the current STDLIB Set
> module. that supports Set.S.cardinal in constant time, I can improve
> it so that you can index into a set to get the *n*th element cheaply,
> and given an element can determine its index from the beginning. (This
> is useful if you want to use a Set to link to another datastructure.)

We actually need a Set in a defonctorized style , and with a signature that
looks more like Hashtbl ( with a default "empty" constructor that is using
compare).

> If so, how do I get access to CVS? I've never used sourceforge.

You can get anonymous access, read this :
http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=74666

Thanks for your interest in ExtLib.
Nicolas Cannasse