Module 1-S.Persistent
The submodule Persistent, also available under the name P, offers an implementation of persistent (immutable) sequences. Please follow the link for details.
type 'a tA sequence
sof type'a tis an immutable data structure which represents a mathematical sequence of elements of type'a.
Construction
val create : 'a -> 'a tcreate defaultconstructs and returns a new empty sequence. The default valuedefaultis used to fill empty array slots.Time complexity: O(1).
val make : 'a -> Sek__.PublicSignature.length -> 'a -> 'a tmake default n vconstructs and returns a fresh sequence whose length isnand which consists ofncopies of the valuev. It is equivalent toof_array default (Array.make n v).Time complexity: for short sequences, O(n); for long sequences, O(n/K + K).
val init : 'a -> Sek__.PublicSignature.length -> (Sek__.PublicSignature.index -> 'a) -> 'a tinit default n fconstructs and returns a fresh sequence whose length isnand whose elements are the values produced by the callsf 0,f 1, ...f (n-1), in this order. It is equivalent toof_array default (Array.init n f).Time complexity: O(n), not counting the cost of the function
f.
Accessors
val default : 'a t -> 'adefault sreturns the value that is used to fill empty array slots in the sequences.Time complexity: O(1).
val length : 'a t -> Sek__.PublicSignature.lengthlength sreturns the length of the sequences.Time complexity: O(1).
val is_empty : 'a t -> boolis_empty sreturnstrueif the sequencesis empty andfalseotherwise. It is equivalent tolength s = 0.Time complexity: O(1).
Stack Operations
val push : side -> 'a t -> 'a -> 'a tpush side s xconstructs and returns a new sequence obtained by pushing the elementxonto the front or back end of the sequences. The parametersidedetermines which end of the sequence is acted upon.Time complexity: for short sequences, O(n); for long sequences, O(K + log n). For long sequences, the total cost of m successive
pushoperations (performed in a single-threaded fashion) is O(K + log n + m). This means that one can consider that the firstpushoperation costs O(K + log n) and that each of the successive calls has amortized cost O(1).
val pop : side -> 'a t -> 'a * 'a tIf the sequence
sis nonempty, thenpop side sreturns a pair of the elementxfound at the front or back end of the sequencesand of the sequencesdeprived ofx. The parametersidedetermines which end of the sequence is acted upon. If the sequencesis empty, the exceptionEmptyis raised.Time complexity: for short sequences, O(n); for long sequences, O(log n). For long sequences, the total cost of m successive
popoperations is O(log n + m). This means that one can consider that the firstpopoperation costs O(log n) and that each of the successive calls has amortized cost O(1).
val pop_opt : side -> 'a t -> 'a option * 'a tIf the sequence
sis nonempty, thenpop_opt side sreturns a pair(Some x, s')wherexis the element found at the front or back end of the sequencesands'is the sequencesdeprived ofx. The parametersidedetermines which end of the sequence is acted upon. If the sequencesis empty, the pair(None, s)is returned.Time complexity: same as
pop.
val peek : side -> 'a t -> 'aIf the sequence
sis nonempty, thenpeek side sreads the elementxfound at the front or back end of the sequencesand returnsx. The parametersidedetermines which end of the sequence is acted upon. If the sequencesis empty, the exceptionEmptyis raised.Time complexity: O(1).
val peek_opt : side -> 'a t -> 'a optionIf the sequence
sis nonempty, thenpeek_opt side sreads the elementxfound at the front or back end of the sequencesand returnsSome x. The parametersidedetermines which end of the sequence is acted upon. If the sequencesis empty,Noneis returned.Time complexity: O(1).
Random Access
val get : 'a t -> Sek__.PublicSignature.index -> 'aget s ireturns the elementxlocated at indexiin the sequences. The indeximust lie in the semi-open interval[0, length s).Time complexity: for short sequences, O(1); for long sequences, O(log n), or, more precisely, O(log (min (i, n - i))).
val set : 'a t -> Sek__.PublicSignature.index -> 'a -> 'a tset s i xreturns a new sequence obtained by replacing the element located at indexiin the sequenceswith the elementx. The indeximust lie in the semi-open interval[0, length s). The sequencesis not affected.Time complexity: for short sequences, O(n); for long sequences, O(K + log n), or, more precisely, O(K + log (min (i, n - i))).
Concatenation and Splitting
val concat : 'a t -> 'a t -> 'a tconcat s1 s2returns a new sequence obtained by concatenating the sequencess1ands2.Time complexity: for short sequences, O(n), where n is the length of the result of the concatenation. For long sequences, in pathological cases,
concatcan cost as much as O(K + log^2 n). In most cases, however, we expectconcatto cost O(K + log n).
val split : 'a t -> Sek__.PublicSignature.index -> 'a t * 'a tsplit s isplits the sequencesat indexi. It returns two sequencess1ands2such that the length ofs1isiand the concatenation ofs1ands2iss. The indeximust lie in the closed interval[0, length s].Time complexity: if
s1ors2is short, O(log n + min(|s1|, |s2|)); otherwise O(K + log^2 n), in the worst case, but in most cases, we expectsplitto cost O(K + log n), or, more precisely, O(K + log (min (i, n - i))).
val take : side -> 'a t -> Sek__.PublicSignature.index -> 'a ttake front s isplits the sequencesat indexiand returns the first part. It is equivalent tofst (split s i).take back s ialso splits the sequencesat indexi, and returns the second part. It is equivalent tosnd (split s i). In either case, the indeximust lie in the closed interval[0, length s].Time complexity: same as
split.
val drop : side -> 'a t -> Sek__.PublicSignature.index -> 'a tdrop side s iis equivalent totake (other side) s i. The indeximust lie in the closed interval[0, length s].Time complexity: same as
split.
val sub : 'a t -> Sek__.PublicSignature.index -> Sek__.PublicSignature.length -> 'a tsub s head sizeextracts the sequence segment defined by the sequences, the start indexhead, and the sizesize.Time complexity: if
sizeis at most T, thensubhas complexity O(size + log n), or, more precisely O(size + log (min (head, n - head))). Otherwise,subhas complexity O(log n), or, more precisely, O(log size + log (min (head, n - head))).
Iteration
val iter : direction -> ('a -> unit) -> 'a t -> unititer direction f sapplies the functionfin turn to every elementxof the sequences. The parameterdirectiondetermines in what order the elements are presented.Time complexity: O(n), not counting the cost of the function
f.
val iteri : direction -> (Sek__.PublicSignature.index -> 'a -> unit) -> 'a t -> unititeri direction f sapplies the functionfin turn to every indexiand matching elementxof the sequences. The parameterdirectiondetermines in what order the elements are presented.Time complexity: O(n), not counting the cost of the function
f.
val iter_segments : direction -> 'a t -> 'a Sek__.PublicSignature.segmentsiter_segments direction s fapplies the functionfto a series of nonempty array segments whose concatenation represents the sequences. The functionfis allowed to read these array segments. The functionfis not allowed to write these array segments. When iterating backward, each segment must be traversed in reverse order.Time complexity: O(n/K), not counting the cost of the function
f.
val fold_left : ('a -> 'b -> 'a) -> 'a -> 'b t -> 'afold_left f a sapplies the functionfin turn to each element of the sequences, in the forward direction. An accumulator is threaded through the calls tof.fold_left f a sis equivalent toList.fold_left f a (to_list s).Time complexity: O(n), not counting the cost of the function
f.
val fold_right : ('a -> 'b -> 'b) -> 'a t -> 'b -> 'bfold_right f a sapplies the functionfin turn to each element of the sequences, in the backward direction. An accumulator is threaded through the calls tof.fold_right f s ais equivalent toList.fold_right f (to_list s) a.Time complexity: O(n), not counting the cost of the function
f.
Conversion To
val to_list : 'a t -> 'a listto_list sreturns a list whose elements are the elements of the sequences.Time complexity: O(n).
val to_array : 'a t -> 'a arrayto_array sreturns a fresh array whose elements are the elements of the sequences.Time complexity: O(n).
val to_seq : direction -> 'a t -> 'a Stdlib.Seq.tto_seq direction sreturns a fresh sequence whose elements are the elements of the sequences, enumerated according todirection. The sequenceto_seq direction sis ephemeral: it can be consumed only once. This sequence occupies O(log n) space in memory: it is an iterator in disguise.Time complexity: the creation of a sequence costs O(1); then, demanding each element of the sequence has the same cost as a call to
Iter.get_and_move. If k elements of the resulting sequence are demanded by the user, then the total cost of producing these elements is O(k).
Conversion From
val of_list_segment : 'a -> Sek__.PublicSignature.length -> 'a list -> 'a tof_list_segment default n xscreates a new sequence out of thenfirst elements of the listxs. The listxsmust have at leastnelements.Time complexity: O(n). Remark: if n > T then the cost is O(n + K), but this bound is equivalent to O(n) under our assumption that K is O(T).
val of_list : 'a -> 'a list -> 'a tof_list default xscreates a new sequence out of the listxs. If the length of the listxsis known, then the use ofof_list_segmentshould be preferred.Time complexity: O(n).
val of_array_segment : 'a -> 'a array -> Sek__.PublicSignature.index -> Sek__.PublicSignature.length -> 'a tof_array_segment default a head sizecreates a new sequence out of the array segment defined by the arraya, the start indexhead, and the sizesize. The data is copied, so the arrayacan still be used afterwards.Time complexity: O(n), where n, the length of the result sequence, is equal to
size.
val of_array : 'a -> 'a array -> 'a tof_array default acreates a new sequence out of the arraya. The data is copied, so the arrayacan still be used afterwards.of_arrayis O(n).
val of_seq_segment : 'a -> Sek__.PublicSignature.length -> 'a Stdlib.Seq.t -> 'a tof_seq_segment default n xscreates a new sequence out of thenfirst elements of the sequencexs. The sequencexsmust have at leastnelements. It is consumed once.Time complexity: O(n), not counting the cost of demanding elements from the sequence
xs.
val of_seq : 'a -> 'a Stdlib.Seq.t -> 'a tof_seq d xscreates a new sequence out of the sequencexs. The sequencexsmust be finite. It is consumed once. If the length of the sequencexsis known, then the use ofof_seq_segmentshould be preferred.Time complexity: O(n), not counting the cost of demanding elements from the sequence
xs.
Searching
val find : direction -> ('a -> bool) -> 'a t -> 'afind direction p sfinds and returns the first element of the sequences, along the directiondirection, that satisfies the predicatep. If no element of the sequence satisfiesp, the exceptionNot_foundis raised.Time complexity: O(i), where
iis the index of the first element that satisfiesp, or n if no element satisfiesp. This does not count the cost of the functionp.
val find_opt : direction -> ('a -> bool) -> 'a t -> 'a optionfind_opt direction p sfinds and returns the first element of the sequences, along the directiondirection, that satisfies the predicatep. If no element of the sequence satisfiesp,Noneis returned.Time complexity: same as
find.
val find_map : direction -> ('a -> 'b option) -> 'a t -> 'b optionfind_map direction f sappliesfto each element of the sequences, along the directiondirection, and returns the first result other thanNone. If there is no such result, it returnsNone. If thatfis pure, it is equivalent tofind direction (fun o -> o <> None) (map f s).Time complexity: same as
find, not counting the cost of the functionf.
val for_all : ('a -> bool) -> 'a t -> boolfor_all p stests whether all elements of the sequencessatisfy the predicatep.Time complexity: O(i), where
iis the index of the first element that does not satisfyp, or n if every element satisfiesp. This does not count the cost of the functionp.
val exists : ('a -> bool) -> 'a t -> boolexists p stests whether some element of the sequencessatisfies the predicatep.Time complexity: O(i), where
iis the index of the first element that satisfiesp, or n if no element satisfiesp. This does not count the cost of the functionp.
val mem : 'a -> 'a t -> boolmem x sis equivalent toexists (fun y -> x = y) s.
val memq : 'a -> 'a t -> boolmemq x sis equivalent toexists (fun y -> x == y) s.
Transformation
val map : 'b -> ('a -> 'b) -> 'a t -> 'b tmap default f sapplies the functionfin turn to each element of the sequences, in the forward direction, and returns the sequence of the results.Time complexity: O(n).
val mapi : 'b -> (Sek__.PublicSignature.index -> 'a -> 'b) -> 'a t -> 'b tmapi default f sapplies the functionfin turn to each index-and-element pair in the sequences, in the forward direction, and returns the sequence of the results.Time complexity: O(n).
val rev : 'a t -> 'a trev sreturns a sequence whose elements are the elements of the sequences, in reverse order.Time complexity: O(n).
val zip : 'a t -> 'b t -> ('a * 'b) tzip s1 s2is the sequence of the pairs(x1, x2), wherex1andx2are drawn synchronously from the sequencess1ands2. The lengths of the sequencess1ands2need not be equal: the length of the result is the minimum of the lengths ofs1ands2.Time complexity: O(n), where n denotes the length of the result sequence.
val unzip : ('a * 'b) t -> 'a t * 'b tunzip sis equivalent to(map _ fst s, map _ snd s).Time complexity: O(n).
val filter : ('a -> bool) -> 'a t -> 'a tfilter p sreturns the subsequence of the elements ofsthat satisfy the predicatep.Time complexity: O(n), not counting the cost of the function
p.
val filter_map : 'b -> ('a -> 'b option) -> 'a t -> 'b tfilter_map default f sreturns the subsequence of the defined images of the elements ofsthrough the partial functionf.Time complexity: O(n), not counting the cost of the function
f.
val partition : ('a -> bool) -> 'a t -> 'a t * 'a tpartition p sreturns a pair of the subsequence of the elements ofsthat satisfy the predicatepand those that do not satisfyp.Time complexity: O(n), not counting the cost of the function
p.
val flatten : 'a t t -> 'a tflatten ssis the iterated concatenation of the sequences in the sequencess.Time complexity: same as a series of calls to
append.
val flatten_map : 'b -> ('a -> 'b t) -> 'a t -> 'b tflatten_map d f sreturns the concatenation of the images of the elements ofsthrough the functionf.Time complexity: the current implementation is O(n + K), where n denotes the length of the output sequence, not counting the cost of the function
f.
Iteration over Two Sequences
val iter2 : direction -> ('a -> 'b -> unit) -> 'a t -> 'b t -> unititer2 direction f s1 s2repeatedly invokesf x1 x2as long as a pair of elements(x1, x2)can be drawn synchronously from the sequencess1ands2. The parameterdirectiondetermines on what side iteration must begin and in which direction it must progress. The lengths of the sequencess1ands2need not be equal: iteration stops as soon as the shortest sequence is exhausted.Time complexity: O(min(n1,n2)), where n1 and n2 denote the lengths of the arguments
s1ands2, not counting the cost of the functionf.
val iter2_segments : direction -> 'a t -> 'b t -> ('a, 'b) Sek__.PublicSignature.segments2iter2_segments direction s1 s2 frepeatedly invokesf seg1 seg2as long as a pair of nonempty array segmentsseg1andseg2of matching lengths can be drawn synchronously from the sequencess1ands2. The functionfis allowed to read these array segments. The parameterdirectiondetermines on what side iteration must begin and in which direction it must progress. The lengths of the sequencess1ands2need not be equal: iteration stops as soon as the shortest sequence is exhausted.Time complexity: O(min(n1,n2)/K), where n1 and n2 denote the lengths of the arguments
s1ands2, not counting the cost of the functionf.
val fold_left2 : ('c -> 'a -> 'b -> 'c) -> 'c -> 'a t -> 'b t -> 'cfold_left2is analogous toiter2 forward, with the added feature that an accumulator is threaded through the calls tof.Time complexity: same as
iter2.
val fold_right2 : ('a -> 'b -> 'c -> 'c) -> 'a t -> 'b t -> 'c -> 'cfold_right2is analogous toiter2 backward, with the added feature that an accumulator is threaded through the calls tof.Time complexity: same as
iter2.
val map2 : 'c -> ('a -> 'b -> 'c) -> 'a t -> 'b t -> 'c tmap2 d f s1 s2repeatedly invokesf x1 x2as long as a pair of elements(x1, x2)can be drawn synchronously from the sequencess1ands2, and returns the sequence of the results. Iteration is carried out in the forward direction. The lengths of the sequencess1ands2need not be equal: the length of the result is the minimum of the lengths ofs1ands2.Time complexity: O(n), where n denotes the length of the result, not counting the cost of the function
f.
val for_all2 : ('a -> 'b -> bool) -> 'a t -> 'b t -> boolfor_all2 p s1 s2tests whether all pairs(x1, x2)drawn synchronously froms1ands2satisfy the predicatep. The sequencess1ands2need not have the same length: any excess elements are ignored.Time complexity: O(min(n1,n2)), where n1 and n2 denote the lengths of the arguments
s1ands2, not counting the cost of the functionp.
val exists2 : ('a -> 'b -> bool) -> 'a t -> 'b t -> boolexists2 p stests whether some pair(x1, x2)drawn synchronously froms1ands2satisfies the predicatep. The sequencess1ands2need not have the same length: any excess elements are ignored.Time complexity: O(min(n1,n2)), where n1 and n2 denote the lengths of the arguments
s1ands2, not counting the cost of the functionp.
Comparison
val equal : ('a -> 'b -> bool) -> 'a t -> 'b t -> boolequal p s1 s2tests whether the sequencess1ands2have the same length and all pairs(x1, x2)drawn synchronously froms1ands2satisfy the predicatep. Ifp x1 x2compares the elementsx1andx2for equality, thenequal p s1 s2compares the sequencess1ands2for equality.Time complexity: O(1) if the sequences have distinct lengths; otherwise O(i), where i is the index of the first pair that does not satisfy the predicate
p, or n if all pairs satisfyp. This does not count the cost of the functionp.
val compare : ('a -> 'b -> Sek__.PublicSignature.comparison) -> 'a t -> 'b t -> Sek__.PublicSignature.comparisonIf
cmpimplements a preorder on elements, thencompare cmpimplements the lexicographic preorder on sequences. (A preorder is an antisymmetric and transitive relation. For more details on comparison functions in OCaml, see the documentation ofArray.sort.)Time complexity: same as
equal.
Sorting
val sort : ('a -> 'a -> Sek__.PublicSignature.comparison) -> 'a t -> 'a tsort cmp sreturns a copy of the sequencesthat is sorted according to the preordercmp. (For more details, see the documentation ofArray.sort.)Time complexity: O(n log n + K).
The current implementation converts the data to an array and back. A future release may provide a more efficient implementation.
val stable_sort : ('a -> 'a -> Sek__.PublicSignature.comparison) -> 'a t -> 'a tstable_sort cmp sreturns a copy of the sequencesthat is sorted according to the preordercmp. (For more details, see the documentation ofArray.sort.) The sorting algorithm is stable: two elements that are equal according tocmpare never permuted.Time complexity: O(n log n + K).
The current implementation converts the data to an array and back. A future release may provide a more efficient implementation.
val uniq : ('a -> 'a -> Sek__.PublicSignature.comparison) -> 'a t -> 'a tuniq cmp sfilters the sequencesby removing adjacent duplicate elements. That is, an element is dropped if it is equal (according to the preordercmp) to its left neighbor. If the sequencesis sorted with respect tocmp, then the sequenceuniq cmp shas no duplicate elements.Time complexity: O(n).
val merge : ('a -> 'a -> Sek__.PublicSignature.comparison) -> 'a t -> 'a t -> 'a tmerge cmp s1 s2requires the sequencess1ands2to be sorted with respect to the preordercmp. It returns the sorted sequencesort cmp (concat s1 s2).mergehas complexity O(n + K), wherendenotes the length of the result.Time complexity: O(n + K), where
ndenotes the sum of the lengths ofs1ands2, that is, the length of the result.
Miscellaneous
val format : Stdlib.Format.formatter -> int t -> unitformatis a printer for sequences of integers. It can be installed in the OCaml toplevel loop by#install_printer format. It is intended to be used only while debugging the library.
val check : 'a t -> unitIn a release build,
check sdoes nothing. In a development build, it checks that the data structure's internal invariant is satisfied.