%% "Daniel Shane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ds> I'm using the filter out function on some very big strings and ds> found out that the filter-out is much slower than comm (shell ds> command). Would it be hard to change the filter-out function so ds> that it accepts already sorted inputs?
ds> For users, that means that instead of ds> $(filter-out $(str1), $(str2)) ds> it woudl become ds> $(filter-out ($sort $(str1)), ($sort $(str2))) This is not backward-compatible: many people rely on filter-out returning words in the relative order they had in $(str2). -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.paulandlesley.org "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make