You might prefer to multiply by 1.0 because adding 0.0 changes -0.0. Cheers, Jon.
> Some black magic is needed: > > let r = ref 0.0 in > for i = 0 to 1000_000_000 do r := float i done; > Printf.printf "%f\n" (!r +. 0.); > Printf.printf "words: %f\n" (Gc.stat ()).Gc.minor_words > > and the reference will be placed in a register (Caml heap will not be > used inside the loop) > > - Dmitry Bely _______________________________________________ Caml-list mailing list. Subscription management: http://yquem.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/caml-list Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs
