Oleg wrote:

>Hi
>
>Is there an efficient way in O'Caml to append an element to an array ref?
>
>let append_elt r x = r := Array.append !r [| x |];;
>
>copies the contents of the whole array in its body, while e.g. C++ vector 
>push_back in most cases won't (memory is reserved in chunks automatically, or 
>it can be reserved manually)
>
>IOW it seems strange to me that functions of arrays can change their contents 
>but not their size, while functions of array ref's can do it, but 
>inefficiently. How about 
>
>Array.resize :  'a array -> int -> unit
>
>or at least 
>
>Array.resize: 'a array ref -> int -> unit ?
>
I might add that I have requested a variable length array, similar to a 
C++ vector.
It is possible to make one using pure Ocaml + a little Obj.magic. **
But it would be better if it were in the standard distribution.

[you need allocate initialise unused slots using Obj.magic ..
this is considered naughty :-]

Similar for Strings .. though IMHO module String should be deprecated:
we don't need Strings when we have Arrays.

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