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Re: Scheme style auto-resizing hashtable (fwd)

On Fri, 6 Nov 1998, Maciej Stachowiak wrote:

> 
> jglascoe@jay.giss.nasa.gov writes:
> > On Fri, 6 Nov 1998, Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > jglascoe@jay.giss.nasa.gov writes:
> > > > 
> > > > woops, you're right, that is somewhat pointless.  let me change it a bit
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > I think this version is pointless too...
> 
> I am a fan of minimal APIs (in the sense of "as small as possible but
> no smaller"), and I think performance gains in particular cases that
> are likely dependent on Guile's current GC (which is already getting
> rewritten) are a bad reason to add more calls to an API.

good point.  "*-consume!" is no longer considered essential.

> 
>  - Maciej
> 
> 

	Jay Glascoe
	jglascoe@jay.giss.nasa.gov