Luc Maranget wrote:
> Of course, if you have the following:
> >
> > type t = A | B | C
> > let int_of_t = function
> >   A -> 0
> > | B -> 1
> > | C -> 2
> >
> > Then in fact I believe that the compiler already converts that to a
> > hashtable lookup instead of a sequence of jumps..
> 
> The compiler does not convert the above code to 'hashtable lookup'.

Is there a point where the compiler does do a table lookup for matches
rather than jumps or have I clearly just dreamt that? :o)


David