From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,TO_NO_BRKTS_FROM_MSSP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a644fa9cd1a3869a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-13 07:11:42 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-out.visi.com!hermes.visi.com!newsranger.com!www.newsranger.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Ted Dennison References: <3BECA3B7.5020702@telepath.com> <9sjf4n$odm$1@news.huji.ac.il> <3mcH7.20046$xS6.32571@www.newsranger.com> <3BED7AFD.737C2AE9@nbi.dk> <3BEFFCAE.DCB5D136@nbi.dk> <9spt1k$14snic$4@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de> Subject: Re: List container strawman 1.2 Message-ID: X-Abuse-Info: When contacting newsranger.com regarding abuse please X-Abuse-Info: forward the entire news article including headers or X-Abuse-Info: else we will not be able to process your request X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsranger.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 10:11:37 EST Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 15:11:37 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:16410 Date: 2001-11-13T15:11:37+00:00 List-Id: In article <9spt1k$14snic$4@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de>, Nick Roberts says... > >I assume most algorithms would only need one cursor. Are there going to be >occasions when more than one cursor (at a time) might be needed? How about our cannonical custom sort routine? I often find dealing with lists that I'm going through the list *two* elements at a time (usually one element, and the one immediately before or after it). There may be ways for dealing with that though. I'll look at your proposal before I make up my mind about it. --- T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.