On Sat, 2004-03-27 at 18:06, Clint Jeffery wrote:
> [Steve asserts: ]
> >   there is no operation that inserts elements anywhere
> >   else in a list (as you know).  So, yes, arbitrary element insertion
> >   is expensive...
> 
> Actually, after reading one too many Icon/Unicon programs that implemented
> their own insert/delete operations into the middle of a list by naive brute
> force, I decided even a naive brute force built-in would be better than no
> support, and modified insert() and delete() awhile back to support lists.

Neat!  I missed that.  It'll be nice when someone works out a faster
implementation.



-- 
Steve Wampler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


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