29 Apr
2011
29 Apr
'11
10:26 a.m.
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 11:34:33AM +0200, Balazs Komuves wrote:
Isn't for example "elemAt k someMapOrSet" equivalent (but much faster) to "(toList someMapOrSet) !! k",
+1 (If this specification (probably better with toAscList) is not documented, it should be.)
and similarly for all the other index functions? So how does it break any abstraction?
While I have to agree (referring to the old discussion) that the Map/Set API is far from perfect, I'm much more in favour of exposing efficient functionality than removing useful stuff...
+1 Wolfram