Re: [Caml-list] Re: [oss-security] CVE request: Hash DoS vulnerability (ocert-2011-003)

2012-03-10 Thread Gerd Stolpmann
On Tue, Feb 07, 2012 at 08:34:12AM +, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: On Mon, Feb 06, 2012 at 06:10:15PM -0700, Kurt Seifried wrote: On 02/06/2012 06:05 PM, Kurt Seifried wrote: So going through various things looks like Ocaml is vulnerable and has not had a CVE # assigned for this issue

Re: [Caml-list] Can one implement greedy/inline data structures in ocaml?

2012-03-10 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Markus Weißmann markus.weissm...@in.tum.de writes: Taking one step back, what you actually want is a data structure that: -is a container for elements of some type 'a -some elements are tagged with a state tag 'b -the elements have an ordering -you can add elements -you can tag elements

Re: [Caml-list] Can one implement greedy/inline data structures in ocaml?

2012-03-10 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Gabriel Scherer gabriel.sche...@gmail.com writes: I think this is a case of using a fancy new construction when a simpler construction would do just as well. For some reasons some people, even beginners, are absolutely fond of first-class modules, and insist on using them in situation where