On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, Chris GauthierDickey wrote:
> I'm writing a function that is using an array that can be dynamically 
> resized. I'm wondering if it would be better to just catch an exception 
> if we attempt to go out of bounds in the array (at which point I resize 
> the array), or if I should test the size using an if-then-else before I 
> enter the main body of my function and resize then.

You might be interested in the RES-library, which also implements
resizable arrays while staying compatible to the Array-module:

  http://www.oefai.at/~markus/home/ocaml_sources.html#RES

Bounds checking probably makes less difference to the performance of
your algorithm than you might expect.

Regards,
Markus

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Markus Mottl          http://www.oefai.at/~markus          markus@oefai.at

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