Hi, extra/random.combinators hasn't been merged in. Should I change something, or just keep it in my work/ directory ? Jon
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 9:40 PM, Jon Harper <jon.harpe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > The random.combinators vocabulary (with tests and docs) is ready for review : > git://github.com/jonenst/factor.git random-combinators > > Jon > > > > On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 4:29 AM, Slava Pestov <sl...@factorcode.org> wrote: >> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 10:20 AM, Jon Harper <jon.harpe...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> I looked at the implementation of cond and case, and I saw the >>> define-transform and "no-compile" word property. How is it different >>> from the MACRO: construction ? Is user code supposed to use it at all >>> ? >> >> Not really. define-transform lets you have a different definition for >> the optimized and non-optimized usages of the word, so its only needed >> for combinators such as 'cond' which are called a lot during >> bootstrap. In this case you want to avoid generating the quotation >> every time, so the non-optimized definition is used. For user code >> which is always optimized, define-transform does not offer any >> benefits. >> >>> Both solutions use a pcase>quot word (like cond and case) and then one >>> uses MACRO: and the other uses define-transform. Both seem to work >>> fine... >> >> Use MACRO:. >> >>> Also, maybe this combinator (and others) could ship with factor in >>> extra/random/combinators ? I'm thinking of a variant where the >>> probabilities are conditionnal (ie in the previous example, the first >>> quotation would execute with 0.2 probability, then the second with >>> 0.1, which makes an overall (1-0.2)*0.1 probability, and so on..). >>> Also, variants of if, when and unless that take a probability instead >>> of taking a boolean. >> >> Sure, if you make a vocab with docs and tests then I'll pull it in. >> >> Slava >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> This SF.net email is sponsored by >> >> Make an app they can't live without >> Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Factor-talk mailing list >> Factor-talk@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Factor-talk mailing list Factor-talk@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk
