> This would also benefit string processing... Imagine: > > test = "aaaa" ++ "bbbb" > > This could be implented as two list cells, one for each string, anf > the cost of the "++" becomes the same as the cost of ":"
No, you still have to copy "aaaa" so you can change the tail pointer - but at least it's a single memcpy() rather than a tree-walk-and-allocate. --KW 8-) _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
