From: "Nick Roberts" <nickroberts@adaos.worldonline.co.uk>
Subject: Re: List container: Insert and Delete
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 04:00:14 -0000
Date: 2001-11-11T04:00:14+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9sktgm$134npc$3@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3BEDACC0.9A314B54@acm.org
"Jeffrey Carter" <jrcarter@acm.org> wrote in message
news:3BEDACC0.9A314B54@acm.org...
> I recall that I couldn't understand your post. That may just be me, but
> I recall that no one else seemed to be able to understand your post
> (including you), and my request for an example that actually compiles
> has resulted in nothing so far.
Hold your horses! As quick as I can. Phew. :-(
> Mathematically, lists are defined in terms of positions and insertions
> and deletions. I don't know what you're talking about, but it isn't a
> list.
We're programmers, Jeff, not mathematicians. We don't have to worry about
what the mathematical definition of a list is. What we do have to worry
about is what is: (a) useful from a user's point of view; (b) practical from
an implementational point of view.
My suggestion that insertions and deletions be positioned by specifying an
integer (starting at 1 for the first item in the list) satisfies (a), I
think, but not necessarily (b), depending on the implementation.
However, I'm pretty sure that trying to do insertions and deletions while
iterating through a list fails both (a) and (b) miserably. That's what I was
trying to get across.
--
Best wishes,
Nick Roberts
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2001-11-10 3:51 List container strawman 1.2 Ted Dennison
2001-11-10 4:20 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-10 4:59 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-10 11:14 ` Florian Weimer
2001-11-10 16:24 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-10 17:39 ` Florian Weimer
2001-11-10 18:31 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-10 18:45 ` Jean-Marc Bourguet
2001-11-10 22:44 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-11 3:59 ` Steven Deller
2001-11-11 11:29 ` Jean-Marc Bourguet
2001-11-11 17:42 ` Steven Deller
2001-11-11 12:36 ` Jean-Marc Bourguet
2001-11-10 22:07 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-11 17:28 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-10 14:51 ` Ehud Lamm
2001-11-10 16:08 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-11-10 16:23 ` List container: Insert and Delete Nick Roberts
2001-11-10 17:13 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-10 21:20 ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-10 22:15 ` Ehud Lamm
2001-11-10 22:48 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-10 22:40 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-11 4:00 ` Nick Roberts [this message]
2001-11-11 17:37 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-11 19:29 ` Steven Deller
2001-11-12 0:20 ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-12 3:48 ` Steven Deller
2001-11-12 13:54 ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-12 15:21 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-11-13 1:19 ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-12 17:27 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-13 1:28 ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-13 1:37 ` Darren New
2001-11-13 15:58 ` John English
2001-11-13 17:53 ` Pascal Obry
2001-11-12 15:42 ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-12 5:23 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-12 13:04 ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-12 16:36 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-12 17:20 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-12 18:55 ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-12 19:56 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-11-12 20:36 ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-12 21:14 ` Darren New
2001-11-13 7:31 ` Simon Wright
2001-11-13 21:31 ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-14 4:43 ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-13 2:16 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-13 14:18 ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-13 15:03 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-13 15:28 ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-13 16:16 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-13 19:59 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-13 20:18 ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-13 21:26 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-13 21:39 ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-13 22:16 ` Map container (was: List container: Insert and Delete) Ted Dennison
2001-11-14 15:07 ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-13 22:22 ` List container: Insert and Delete Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-13 17:46 ` Darren New
2001-11-13 19:25 ` Steven Deller
2001-11-13 19:40 ` Darren New
2001-11-13 20:53 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-13 20:10 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-13 21:31 ` Darren New
2001-11-13 22:37 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-13 22:44 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-13 23:00 ` Darren New
2001-11-14 14:31 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-13 14:20 ` Steven Deller
2001-11-13 15:48 ` John English
2001-11-13 20:22 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-14 12:59 ` John English
2001-11-14 14:55 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-14 15:34 ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-15 16:35 ` John English
2001-11-14 16:41 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-13 20:22 ` Ehud Lamm
2001-11-13 21:33 ` Simon Wright
2001-11-14 12:54 ` John English
2001-11-14 16:43 ` Ehud Lamm
2001-11-14 18:19 ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-15 4:29 ` List container: Sawdust woman 43 Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-15 15:25 ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-16 1:59 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-15 20:30 ` List container: Insert and Delete Simon Wright
2001-11-15 17:01 ` John English
2001-11-19 17:40 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-20 10:52 ` John English
2001-11-13 21:07 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-12 17:18 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-12 17:13 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-11 23:34 ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-12 16:33 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-12 17:28 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-13 2:27 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-13 14:21 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-14 4:16 ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-14 15:03 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-13 0:51 ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-12 16:51 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-13 0:44 ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-13 14:18 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-14 4:17 ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-10 16:12 ` List container strawman 1.2 Ted Dennison
2001-11-10 18:49 ` Jean-Marc Bourguet
2001-11-10 19:29 ` Ehud Lamm
2001-11-11 10:46 ` Jean-Marc Bourguet
2001-11-11 13:07 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-11-10 19:07 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2001-11-10 22:53 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-12 16:45 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2001-11-13 0:55 ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-13 15:11 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-10 22:17 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-11 22:04 ` Simon Wright
2001-11-12 16:53 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-13 7:25 ` Simon Wright
2001-11-13 22:04 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-10 17:43 ` Florian Weimer
2001-11-10 16:46 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-10 18:50 ` Steven Deller
2001-11-12 9:25 ` Martin Dowie
2001-11-12 12:57 ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-12 15:32 ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-12 16:58 ` Martin Dowie
2001-11-12 18:44 ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-13 7:18 ` Simon Wright
2001-11-13 21:26 ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-15 23:53 ` martin.m.dowie
2001-11-12 17:35 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-12 18:39 ` Martin Dowie
2001-11-12 19:58 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-12 18:39 ` Steven Deller
2001-11-12 20:05 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-13 19:12 ` Stephen Leake
2001-11-12 16:37 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-12 18:50 ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-13 1:07 ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-13 15:13 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-15 23:54 ` martin.m.dowie
2001-11-13 19:10 ` Stephen Leake
[not found] ` <3BF0247D.4500975E@san.rr.com>
2001-11-12 20:30 ` Ehud Lamm
2001-11-12 21:57 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-12 22:53 ` Darren New
2001-11-12 22:55 ` Darren New
2001-11-13 15:54 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-13 19:17 ` Stephen Leake
2001-11-13 22:37 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-13 15:49 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-13 16:38 ` Martin Dowie
2001-11-13 19:06 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-13 19:43 ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-13 20:50 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-13 21:08 ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-14 4:34 ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-14 14:58 ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-13 17:36 ` Darren New
2001-11-14 4:40 ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-13 22:34 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-14 13:39 ` John English
2001-11-14 15:09 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-14 16:04 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-14 16:36 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-15 16:31 ` John English
2001-11-19 17:59 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-19 21:08 ` Stephen Leake
2001-11-20 10:43 ` John English
2001-11-21 19:40 ` ramatthews
2001-11-22 3:01 ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-22 9:28 ` John English
2001-11-24 3:52 ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-23 2:21 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-24 0:27 ` John English
2001-11-27 20:04 ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-28 8:10 ` Thomas Wolf
2001-11-28 14:29 ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-28 17:34 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-28 18:01 ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-28 18:53 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-28 19:08 ` Overriding 'Class'Input (was: List container strawman 1.1) Ted Dennison
2001-11-28 19:19 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-28 20:40 ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-28 21:21 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-28 21:50 ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-29 5:12 ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-29 20:04 ` List container strawman 1.2 Thomas Wolf
2001-11-16 0:01 ` martin.m.dowie
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