Re: Structure Lazy in $/basis.cm? Int64/Position?
Matthias Blume <[email protected]>
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On May 7, 2004, at 1:08 AM, Matthias Kretschmer wrote: > Hi! > > Can somebody tell me, why the structure Lazy is included in > $/basis.cm? I thought it includes only stuff from the Standard ML > Basis Library and the Lazy structure isn't be part of it. > test.cm:5.3-5.13 Error: structure Lazy imported from > (test.cm):(lazy.cm):lazy.sml and also from > $/[email protected](NJ/lazy.sml) Indeed, the idea is that $/basis.cm is our implementation of the Standard Basis library. This means that at some point we should probably get our act together and cleanly separate SML/NJ-isms from generic Basis code. Right now we still have a mix of the two. > I would like to know if there is work going on to implement structures > like Int64 :> INTEGER or having Position.int to be some bigger > integer. I had problems with files > 2GB. The current implementation > just shows the size mod 2^31 which is a bit annoying. It's no real > problem for me currently, but it would be nice to be able to handle > all files correctly ... Yes, this is on a long-term to-do list. However, I don't think we have a time table for this. > I am using 110.45 on Mac OS X 10.3. Me too. :-) Matthias B. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Sleepycat Software Learn developer strategies Cisco, Motorola, Ericsson & Lucent use to deliver higher performing products faster, at low TCO. http://www.sleepycat.com/telcomwpreg.php?From=osdnemail3