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- David McClain
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| From: | David McClain <dmcclain1@m...> |
| Subject: | [Caml-list] BigArray's Implementation |
Why is it necessary to do so much of the BigArray management in C? You have a perfectly good language for assuring that things go correctly, in OCaml. I see no declaration of BigArray structure in the OCaml Library code (the ML part), and huge reliance on C subroutines for mundane things like array bounds checking, accessing dimensions, and so on. The only part that seems reasonable as a candidate for C code is the underlying Get and Set with mutation of representation, e.g., single-float to OCaml double-float representation and back... David McClain Senior Corporate Scientist Avisere, Inc. +1.520.390.7738 (USA) david.mcclain@avisere.com ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners