Re: [Ocaml-lib-devel] a bug in BitSet?

[skaller <sk...@us...>]

On Sun, 2004-12-19 at 23:11, Bardur Arantsson wrote:

> If they're changed to behaving in a non-destructive way,
> then the names should *definitely* be changed. For the
> sake of consistency I would suggest using the same names
> as are used in the standard library's Set:
> 
>      union, inter, diff

There many be a good reason for a non-functional
API as well (performance) -- but please note I said 'may'.
In C it would definitely be the case, but in Ocaml it may
not be so -- the functional interface is vital, and the
same names as Set module is clearly the way to go where
appropriate.

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