On 2008-02-20, at 17:02, Christopher L Conway wrote:

>>                let newList = List.rev_append [newElement] oldList in
>
> This is what is known as a "functional anti-pattern" [1].

Not really.  This is just a rather long-winded way to write

                let newList = newElement :: oldList in

but it doesn't take much more time or memory to execute.

-- Damien