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[Caml-list] removing an item from a list efficiently
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Date: 2003-11-07 (15:51)
From: Brian Hurt <bhurt@s...>
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] removing an item from a list efficiently 
On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, Dustin Sallings wrote:

> 
> 	I'm trying to implement an LRU cache and I'm using a list to keep up 
> with the accesses.  I'm using filter to remove the item for 
> repositioning it.  That's very slow.
> 
> 	Is there a better way to efficiently move a list item to the front, or 
> should I just implement a linked list to meet my requirements?
> 
> 

If delete needs to be fast, consider using a different data structure.  
Look at the Set, Map, and Hashtbl libraries.

Brian


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