On Mon, 2005-07-25 at 10:21 -0700, Ken Rose wrote:
> skaller wrote:
> > 
> > I would appreciate an officially supported variable 
> > length array a lot: it can't be efficiently implemented 
> > *without* Obj.magic. 
> 
> I must be missing something obvious.  What's wrong with map?

It is not efficient, it is very
clumsy to use because it is an ocaml functor,
and it is not imperative.

I actually use Hashtables a lot, rather than Maps,
simply because the type variables are instantiated
automatically.

In any case, the point is that each data structure
has different properties and I would like a choice.
Don't say 'roll your own then' because the point
is that I can't: Ocaml won't let me (without magic:)

-- 
John Skaller <skaller at users dot sourceforge dot net>