Re: [Ocaml-lib-devel] Re: Re: new dllist (yet again)

[Richard J. <ri...@an...>]

On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 11:16:27PM +0200, Nicolas Cannasse wrote:
> > > I have no doubt some kind of doubly linked list
> > > belongs in Extlib.  Exactly what is another issue :)
> >
> > Well, since you seem to think there is hope for Dllist becoming
> > a part of ExtLib (and I'm certainly willing to do any work
> > necessary to make it happen), what does our self proclaimed
> > benevolent dictator say?
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> Well I might be a dictator but I don't have alone CVS write access, so I
> might be fired if I perform badly in my dictator job ;) In general, when I
> new proposal arise, if I see directly how it can be used it will be put in
> ExtLib quickly, that's an administrative privilege to speedup things a
> little bit. However when I'm not conviced - for exemple dllist - then I k=
eep
> asking questions to understand how it can answer the problems of OCaml
> programmers *in general* (and not one particular problem). But I can't go
> against the angry mob standing at the doors of ExtLib or I will no longer=
 be
> an appropriate guardian :)

FWIW I'm also not convinced by dllist.

(Although I am convinced by GregorianDate, which I'm using myself ...
so take any opinion with a pinch of salt)

Rich.

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