On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 08:13:42PM +0100, Jon Harrop wrote:
> On Sunday 25 April 2004 1:45 pm, Henri DF wrote:
> > > I deliberately made "wnum" a reference so that it can be set:
> >
> > any reason not to make it a mutable ?
> 
> No good reason. ;)

Take a look at how it is implemented in Pervasives.
>From the manual:

type 'a ref = {
   	mutable contents : 'a;
}

So, yea, unless you like another layer of indirection, just using
mutable should save you a little bit.

Andrew

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--- a french diplomat's comment, recalled by Madeleine  Albright

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