Marc Nieper-Wißkirchen wrote:
> > - If someone creates a derivative of the HAMT, the iterator won't
> > be affected, right? ("persistence")
>
> Yes.
OK, that's one thing to document.
> > So, what is the scenario where increasing the reference count will make
> > a difference?
>
> If you
Am So., 11. Okt. 2020 um 14:04 Uhr schrieb Bruno Haible :
>
> Marc Nieper-Wißkirchen wrote:
> > > > /* Return an independent copy of ITER that is initially in the same
> > > >state. */
> > > > extern Hamt_iterator *hamt_iterator_copy (Hamt_iterator *iter);
> > >
> > > Then a copy function is
k, between the various function calls.
>
> If you iterate with hamt_iterator_create, and the Hamt_iterator type
> has bounded size (I guess it will not require more than 15 pointers and
> 13 indices), it can be stored on the caller's stack.
That's a very good point you make. The hamt iterator has, of course,
(low) bounded size, so it can (and should) be allocated on the stack.
Marc Nieper-Wißkirchen wrote:
> > > I am going to implement the following iterator API as well:
> > >
> > > /* An alternative interface to iterating through the entry of a hamt
> > >that does not make use of a higher-order function like
> > >hamt_do_while uses the opaque Hamt_iterator
Marc Nieper-Wißkirchen wrote:
> > > /* Return an independent copy of ITER that is initially in the same
> > >state. */
> > > extern Hamt_iterator *hamt_iterator_copy (Hamt_iterator *iter);
> >
> > Then a copy function is not needed, because the user's program can do
> >
> > Hamt_iterator
Am So., 11. Okt. 2020 um 13:02 Uhr schrieb Bruno Haible :
>
> Hi Marc,
>
> > I am going to implement the following iterator API as well:
> >
> > /* An alternative interface to iterating through the entry of a hamt
> >that does not make use of a higher-order function like
> >hamt_do_while
Hi Marc,
> I am going to implement the following iterator API as well:
>
> /* An alternative interface to iterating through the entry of a hamt
>that does not make use of a higher-order function like
>hamt_do_while uses the opaque Hamt_iterator type. */
> typedef struct hamt_iterator
