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Taylor R Campbell wrote:
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:58:38 -0400 From: David Van Horn <dvanhorn@xxxxxxxxxxx>While `length' gives you number of pairs in a list, it's also useful to determine the number of pairs in a (potentially) improper list.When might one want to do this?
It's useful for bounds checking. Actually, I think a more useful operation would be something like:
(lenth<=? obj k) -> boolWhich would be the same as (<= (count obj) k). This operation would take O(min(log(count obj),log k)). It's important to note that obj need not be a list.
David