Re: [Ocaml-lib-devel] A good structure for counting things (?)

[Bardur A. <sp...@sc...>]

Bardur Arantsson wrote:
> Richard Jones wrote:
>> On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 04:46:03PM +0100, Amit Dubey wrote:
>>> I actually have similar code, but I tend to use it over floats more than
>>> ints. Maybe this calls for a functor-based design?
>> I think it's a fine idea.  Are there performance implications?  For
>> reasons which I can't really fathom, functors don't seem to be fully
>> "inlined" when they are created, presumably resulting in extra
>> overhead.
>>
> 
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I said

> Even though it may be a tad slower (no inlining), it does allow you to
> create Counters which count objects of an identical type *without* being
> "compatible". This allows a bit more type safety if you want it.

I meant to say:

> I would use the functor approach. Even though it may be [...]

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