[Haskell-cafe] Collections library
Ben Franksen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > PS (completely off-topic, sorry): I've been using the collections library > throughout the project & I must say it is a lot nicer to work with I tried to Google for this, and ended up at http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/CollectionClassFramework The only link that seems to work is the one that is marked as outdated. I've replaced them with a link to Hackage, but somebody who knows more about this might want to recheck the facts on the page. -k -- If I haven't seen further, it is by standing in the footprints of giants ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
Re: [Haskell-cafe] Collections library
Ketil Malde wrote: Ben Franksen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: PS (completely off-topic, sorry): I've been using the collections library throughout the project & I must say it is a lot nicer to work with I tried to Google for this, and ended up at http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/CollectionClassFramework The only link that seems to work is the one that is marked as outdated. I've replaced them with a link to Hackage, but somebody who knows more about this might want to recheck the facts on the page. It currently lives here as a darcs repo.. http://code.haskell.org/collections/collections-ghc6.8 ..and is in the process of being 6.8ified and split up into separate smaller packages for hackage. I think one of the problems with it as one package (apart from it's size) is that different bits of it were in different states of real world readiness. Some of it quite stable (e.g. all the AVL tree stuff and Data.Map/Set clones) and some was still actively being worked on (the Data.Trie.General stuff) and this kinda stopped a stable hackage package for everything. I recently withdrew from this project and offered up the libs I'd been working on as they are for a new owner. Didn't get any takers though (no surprises there!). I've always found the lack of apparent interest in all this somewhat puzzling myself. It's not as if there's no latent demand for efficient collections. (Data.Map is probably the most regularly whined about of all the "standard" libs.) Regards -- Adrian Hey ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
Re: [Haskell-cafe] Collections library
[snip] > I recently withdrew from this project and offered up the libs I'd been > working on as they are for a new owner. Didn't get any takers though > (no surprises there!). I've always found the lack of apparent interest > in all this somewhat puzzling myself. It's not as if there's no latent > demand for efficient collections. (Data.Map is probably the most > regularly whined about of all the "standard" libs.) FWIW, I find the same phenomenon with Edison. I get very little feedback about it positive or negative; I really have no idea how many people are using it. I guess people are more willing to roll their own data structures or use the standard libs. It might be from a desire to limit dependencies. If that's the case, perhaps continuing cabal developments will change that. > Regards > -- > Adrian Hey ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
Re: [Haskell-cafe] Collections library
On Wed, 28 Nov 2007, Robert Dockins wrote: > FWIW, I find the same phenomenon with Edison. I get very little feedback > about it positive or negative; I really have no idea how many people are > using it. I guess people are more willing to roll their own data structures > or use the standard libs. > > It might be from a desire to limit dependencies. For me this is a strong reason, yes. It's not only the immediate dependency, but the dependent library might rely on other libraries or compiler features and thus decreases portability. > If that's the case, perhaps continuing cabal developments will change that. I hope that this will solve the problem. Since I recently got to know that Edison contains EnumSet, which I think is useful for many FFIs, I will certainly use Edison in future. ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
