On Tuesday, March 19, 2013 18:26:16 timotheecour wrote: > > somewhere else, but I don't see a relevant package. Maybe a new > > std.algorithm2 for non-ranges? > > > > Also, the OT's firstDifference would go there too, and I have a > > recursive (to specified level) toStringRecurse that would > > belong there too. > > Also, I'd add to that list copyRecurse and some more, that > operate on arbitrary types, not just ranges, so we have: > > equalRecurse > copyRecurse (deep copy) > toStringRecurse > firstDifference (see OT) > toHashRecurse (should compare equal with a data structure > serialized and then deserialized via a serialization function, eg > std.orange) > > I'm sure there's more. > > that seems a starting point for a new package that operates on > any type recursively (not just ranges), no? > std.deep?std.recurse? > Some of those could have a depth level compile time parameter > that stops recursion at that level, which would be infinity by > default.
And how do you even have the concept of recursion without some sort of range or container to recursively iterate through? - Jonathan M Davis
