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--- a/clib/cList.mli
+++ b/clib/cList.mli
@@ -18,33 +18,31 @@ module type ExtS =
sig
include S
+ (** {6 Equality, testing} *)
+
val compare : 'a cmp -> 'a list cmp
(** Lexicographic order on lists. *)
val equal : 'a eq -> 'a list eq
- (** Lifts equality to list type. *)
+ (** Lift equality to list type. *)
val is_empty : 'a list -> bool
- (** Checks whether a list is empty *)
-
- val init : int -> (int -> 'a) -> 'a list
- (** [init n f] constructs the list [f 0; ... ; f (n - 1)]. *)
+ (** Check whether a list is empty *)
val mem_f : 'a eq -> 'a -> 'a list -> bool
- (* Same as [List.mem], for some specific equality *)
+ (** Same as [List.mem], for some specific equality *)
- val add_set : 'a eq -> 'a -> 'a list -> 'a list
- (** [add_set x l] adds [x] in [l] if it is not already there, or returns [l]
- otherwise. *)
+ val for_all_i : (int -> 'a -> bool) -> int -> 'a list -> bool
+ (** Same as [List.for_all] but with an index *)
- val eq_set : 'a eq -> 'a list eq
- (** Test equality up to permutation (but considering multiple occurrences) *)
+ val for_all2eq : ('a -> 'b -> bool) -> 'a list -> 'b list -> bool
+ (** Same as [List.for_all2] but returning [false] when of different length *)
- val intersect : 'a eq -> 'a list -> 'a list -> 'a list
- val union : 'a eq -> 'a list -> 'a list -> 'a list
- val unionq : 'a list -> 'a list -> 'a list
- val subtract : 'a eq -> 'a list -> 'a list -> 'a list
- val subtractq : 'a list -> 'a list -> 'a list
+ val prefix_of : 'a eq -> 'a list eq
+ (** [prefix_of eq l1 l2] returns [true] if [l1] is a prefix of [l2], [false]
+ otherwise. It uses [eq] to compare elements *)
+
+ (** {6 Creating lists} *)
val interval : int -> int -> int list
(** [interval i j] creates the list [[i; i + 1; ...; j]], or [[]] when
@@ -52,88 +50,177 @@ sig
val make : int -> 'a -> 'a list
(** [make n x] returns a list made of [n] times [x]. Raise
- [Invalid_argument "List.make"] if [n] is negative. *)
+ [Invalid_argument _] if [n] is negative. *)
- val assign : 'a list -> int -> 'a -> 'a list
- (** [assign l i x] sets the [i]-th element of [l] to [x], starting from [0]. *)
+ val addn : int -> 'a -> 'a list -> 'a list
+ (** [addn n x l] adds [n] times [x] on the left of [l]. *)
- val distinct : 'a list -> bool
- (** Return [true] if all elements of the list are distinct. *)
+ val init : int -> (int -> 'a) -> 'a list
+ (** [init n f] constructs the list [f 0; ... ; f (n - 1)]. Raise
+ [Invalid_argument _] if [n] is negative *)
- val distinct_f : 'a cmp -> 'a list -> bool
+ val append : 'a list -> 'a list -> 'a list
+ (** Like OCaml's [List.append] but tail-recursive. *)
- val duplicates : 'a eq -> 'a list -> 'a list
- (** Return the list of unique elements which appear at least twice. Elements
- are kept in the order of their first appearance. *)
+ val concat : 'a list list -> 'a list
+ (** Like OCaml's [List.concat] but tail-recursive. *)
+
+ val flatten : 'a list list -> 'a list
+ (** Synonymous of [concat] *)
+
+ (** {6 Lists as arrays} *)
+
+ val assign : 'a list -> int -> 'a -> 'a list
+ (** [assign l i x] sets the [i]-th element of [l] to [x], starting
+ from [0]. Raise [Failure _] if [i] is out of range. *)
+
+ (** {6 Filtering} *)
+
+ val filter : ('a -> bool) -> 'a list -> 'a list
+ (** Like OCaml [List.filter] but tail-recursive and physically returns
+ the original list if the predicate holds for all elements. *)
val filter2 : ('a -> 'b -> bool) -> 'a list -> 'b list -> 'a list * 'b list
+ (** Like [List.filter] but with 2 arguments, raise [Invalid_argument _]
+ if the lists are not of same length. *)
+
+ val filteri : (int -> 'a -> bool) -> 'a list -> 'a list
+ (** Like [List.filter] but with an index starting from [0] *)
+
+ val filter_with : bool list -> 'a list -> 'a list
+ (** [filter_with bl l] selects elements of [l] whose corresponding element in
+ [bl] is [true]. Raise [Invalid_argument _] if sizes differ. *)
+
+ val smartfilter : ('a -> bool) -> 'a list -> 'a list
+ [@@ocaml.deprecated "Same as [filter]"]
+
val map_filter : ('a -> 'b option) -> 'a list -> 'b list
+ (** Like [map] but keeping only non-[None] elements *)
+
val map_filter_i : (int -> 'a -> 'b option) -> 'a list -> 'b list
+ (** Like [map_filter] but with an index starting from [0] *)
- val filter_with : bool list -> 'a list -> 'a list
- (** [filter_with b a] selects elements of [a] whose corresponding element in
- [b] is [true]. Raise [Invalid_argument _] when sizes differ. *)
+ val partitioni : (int -> 'a -> bool) -> 'a list -> 'a list * 'a list
+ (** Like [List.partition] but with an index starting from [0] *)
+
+ (** {6 Applying functorially} *)
+
+ val map : ('a -> 'b) -> 'a list -> 'b list
+ (** Like OCaml [List.map] but tail-recursive *)
+
+ val map2 : ('a -> 'b -> 'c) -> 'a list -> 'b list -> 'c list
+ (** Like OCaml [List.map2] but tail-recursive *)
val smartmap : ('a -> 'a) -> 'a list -> 'a list
- (** [smartmap f [a1...an] = List.map f [a1...an]] but if for all i
- [f ai == ai], then [smartmap f l == l] *)
+ [@@ocaml.deprecated "Same as [Smart.map]"]
val map_left : ('a -> 'b) -> 'a list -> 'b list
(** As [map] but ensures the left-to-right order of evaluation. *)
val map_i : (int -> 'a -> 'b) -> int -> 'a list -> 'b list
- (** As [map] but with the index, which starts from [0]. *)
+ (** Like OCaml [List.mapi] but tail-recursive. Alternatively, like
+ [map] but with an index *)
val map2_i :
(int -> 'a -> 'b -> 'c) -> int -> 'a list -> 'b list -> 'c list
+ (** Like [map2] but with an index *)
+
val map3 :
('a -> 'b -> 'c -> 'd) -> 'a list -> 'b list -> 'c list -> 'd list
+ (** Like [map] but for 3 lists. *)
+
val map4 : ('a -> 'b -> 'c -> 'd -> 'e) -> 'a list -> 'b list -> 'c list ->
'd list -> 'e list
- val filteri : (int -> 'a -> bool) -> 'a list -> 'a list
- val partitioni : (int -> 'a -> bool) -> 'a list -> 'a list * 'a list
+ (** Like [map] but for 4 lists. *)
val map_of_array : ('a -> 'b) -> 'a array -> 'b list
(** [map_of_array f a] behaves as [List.map f (Array.to_list a)] *)
- val smartfilter : ('a -> bool) -> 'a list -> 'a list
- (** [smartfilter f [a1...an] = List.filter f [a1...an]] but if for all i
- [f ai = true], then [smartfilter f l == l] *)
+ val map_append : ('a -> 'b list) -> 'a list -> 'b list
+ (** [map_append f [x1; ...; xn]] returns [f x1 @ ... @ f xn]. *)
+
+ val map_append2 : ('a -> 'b -> 'c list) -> 'a list -> 'b list -> 'c list
+ (** Like [map_append] but for two lists; raises [Invalid_argument _]
+ if the two lists do not have the same length. *)
val extend : bool list -> 'a -> 'a list -> 'a list
-(** [extend l a [a1..an]] assumes that the number of [true] in [l] is [n];
+ (** [extend l a [a1..an]] assumes that the number of [true] in [l] is [n];
it extends [a1..an] by inserting [a] at the position of [false] in [l] *)
+
val count : ('a -> bool) -> 'a list -> int
+ (** Count the number of elements satisfying a predicate *)
+
+ (** {6 Finding position} *)
val index : 'a eq -> 'a -> 'a list -> int
(** [index] returns the 1st index of an element in a list (counting from 1). *)
+ val safe_index : 'a eq -> 'a -> 'a list -> int option
+ (** [safe_index] returns the 1st index of an element in a list (counting from 1)
+ and None otherwise. *)
+
val index0 : 'a eq -> 'a -> 'a list -> int
(** [index0] behaves as [index] except that it starts counting at 0. *)
- val iteri : (int -> 'a -> unit) -> 'a list -> unit
- (** As [iter] but with the index argument (starting from 0). *)
+ (** {6 Folding} *)
val fold_left_until : ('c -> 'a -> 'c CSig.until) -> 'c -> 'a list -> 'c
(** acts like [fold_left f acc s] while [f] returns
[Cont acc']; it stops returning [c] as soon as [f] returns [Stop c]. *)
val fold_right_i : (int -> 'a -> 'b -> 'b) -> int -> 'a list -> 'b -> 'b
+ (** Like [List.fold_right] but with an index *)
+
val fold_left_i : (int -> 'a -> 'b -> 'a) -> int -> 'a -> 'b list -> 'a
- val fold_right_and_left :
- ('a -> 'b -> 'b list -> 'a) -> 'b list -> 'a -> 'a
+ (** Like [List.fold_left] but with an index *)
+
+ val fold_right_and_left : ('b -> 'a -> 'a list -> 'b) -> 'a list -> 'b -> 'b
+ (** [fold_right_and_left f [a1;...;an] hd] is
+ [f (f (... (f (f hd an [an-1;...;a1]) an-1 [an-2;...;a1]) ...) a2 [a1]) a1 []] *)
+
val fold_left3 : ('a -> 'b -> 'c -> 'd -> 'a) -> 'a -> 'b list -> 'c list -> 'd list -> 'a
+ (** Like [List.fold_left] but for 3 lists; raise [Invalid_argument _] if
+ not all lists of the same size *)
+ val fold_left2_set : exn -> ('a -> 'b -> 'c -> 'b list -> 'c list -> 'a) -> 'a -> 'b list -> 'c list -> 'a
(** Fold sets, i.e. lists up to order; the folding function tells
when elements match by returning a value and raising the given
exception otherwise; sets should have the same size; raise the
given exception if no pairing of the two sets is found;;
complexity in O(n^2) *)
- val fold_left2_set : exn -> ('a -> 'b -> 'c -> 'b list -> 'c list -> 'a) -> 'a -> 'b list -> 'c list -> 'a
- val for_all_i : (int -> 'a -> bool) -> int -> 'a list -> bool
+ val fold_left_map : ('a -> 'b -> 'a * 'c) -> 'a -> 'b list -> 'a * 'c list
+ (** [fold_left_map f e_0 [a1;...;an]] is [e_n,[k_1...k_n]]
+ where [(e_i,k_i)] is [f e_{i-1} ai] for each i<=n *)
+
+ val fold_right_map : ('b -> 'a -> 'c * 'a) -> 'b list -> 'a -> 'c list * 'a
+ (** Same, folding on the right *)
+
+ val fold_left2_map : ('a -> 'b -> 'c -> 'a * 'd) -> 'a -> 'b list -> 'c list -> 'a * 'd list
+ (** Same with two lists, folding on the left *)
+
+ val fold_right2_map : ('b -> 'c -> 'a -> 'd * 'a) -> 'b list -> 'c list -> 'a -> 'd list * 'a
+ (** Same with two lists, folding on the right *)
+
+ val fold_left3_map : ('a -> 'b -> 'c -> 'd -> 'a * 'e) -> 'a -> 'b list -> 'c list -> 'd list -> 'a * 'e list
+ (** Same with three lists, folding on the left *)
+
+ val fold_left4_map : ('a -> 'b -> 'c -> 'd -> 'e -> 'a * 'r) -> 'a -> 'b list -> 'c list -> 'd list -> 'e list -> 'a * 'r list
+ (** Same with four lists, folding on the left *)
+
+ val fold_map : ('a -> 'b -> 'a * 'c) -> 'a -> 'b list -> 'a * 'c list
+ [@@ocaml.deprecated "Same as [fold_left_map]"]
+
+ val fold_map' : ('b -> 'a -> 'c * 'a) -> 'b list -> 'a -> 'c list * 'a
+ [@@ocaml.deprecated "Same as [fold_right_map]"]
+
+ (** {6 Splitting} *)
+
val except : 'a eq -> 'a -> 'a list -> 'a list
+ (** [except eq a l] Remove all occurrences of [a] in [l] *)
+
val remove : 'a eq -> 'a -> 'a list -> 'a list
+ (** Alias of [except] *)
val remove_first : ('a -> bool) -> 'a list -> 'a list
(** Remove the first element satisfying a predicate, or raise [Not_found] *)
@@ -142,35 +229,10 @@ sig
(** Remove and return the first element satisfying a predicate,
or raise [Not_found] *)
- val insert : ('a -> 'a -> bool) -> 'a -> 'a list -> 'a list
- (** Insert at the (first) position so that if the list is ordered wrt to the
- total order given as argument, the order is preserved *)
-
- val for_all2eq : ('a -> 'b -> bool) -> 'a list -> 'b list -> bool
- val sep_last : 'a list -> 'a * 'a list
-
val find_map : ('a -> 'b option) -> 'a list -> 'b
(** Returns the first element that is mapped to [Some _]. Raise [Not_found] if
there is none. *)
- val uniquize : 'a list -> 'a list
- (** Return the list of elements without duplicates.
- This is the list unchanged if there was none. *)
-
- val sort_uniquize : 'a cmp -> 'a list -> 'a list
- (** Return a sorted and de-duplicated version of a list,
- according to some comparison function. *)
-
- val merge_uniq : 'a cmp -> 'a list -> 'a list -> 'a list
- (** Merge two sorted lists and preserves the uniqueness property. *)
-
- val subset : 'a list -> 'a list -> bool
-
- val chop : int -> 'a list -> 'a list * 'a list
- (** [chop i l] splits [l] into two lists [(l1,l2)] such that
- [l1++l2=l] and [l1] has length [i]. It raises [Failure] when [i]
- is negative or greater than the length of [l] *)
-
exception IndexOutOfRange
val goto: int -> 'a list -> 'a list * 'a list
(** [goto i l] splits [l] into two lists [(l1,l2)] such that
@@ -178,90 +240,180 @@ sig
[IndexOutOfRange] when [i] is negative or greater than the
length of [l]. *)
-
val split_when : ('a -> bool) -> 'a list -> 'a list * 'a list
- val split3 : ('a * 'b * 'c) list -> 'a list * 'b list * 'c list
- val firstn : int -> 'a list -> 'a list
+ (** [split_when p l] splits [l] into two lists [(l1,a::l2)] such that
+ [l1++(a::l2)=l], [p a=true] and [p b = false] for every element [b] of [l1].
+ if there is no such [a], then it returns [(l,[])] instead. *)
+
+ val sep_last : 'a list -> 'a * 'a list
+ (** [sep_last l] returns [(a,l')] such that [l] is [l'@[a]].
+ It raises [Failure _] if the list is empty. *)
+
+ val drop_last : 'a list -> 'a list
+ (** Remove the last element of the list. It raises [Failure _] if the
+ list is empty. This is the second part of [sep_last]. *)
+
val last : 'a list -> 'a
+ (** Return the last element of the list. It raises [Failure _] if the
+ list is empty. This is the first part of [sep_last]. *)
+
val lastn : int -> 'a list -> 'a list
+ (** [lastn n l] returns the [n] last elements of [l]. It raises
+ [Failure _] if [n] is less than 0 or larger than the length of [l] *)
+
+ val chop : int -> 'a list -> 'a list * 'a list
+ (** [chop i l] splits [l] into two lists [(l1,l2)] such that
+ [l1++l2=l] and [l1] has length [i]. It raises [Failure _] when
+ [i] is negative or greater than the length of [l]. *)
+
+ val firstn : int -> 'a list -> 'a list
+ (** [firstn n l] Returns the [n] first elements of [l]. It raises
+ [Failure _] if [n] negative or too large. This is the first part
+ of [chop]. *)
+
val skipn : int -> 'a list -> 'a list
+ (** [skipn n l] drops the [n] first elements of [l]. It raises
+ [Failure _] if [n] is less than 0 or larger than the length of [l].
+ This is the second part of [chop]. *)
+
val skipn_at_least : int -> 'a list -> 'a list
+ (** Same as [skipn] but returns [] if [n] is larger than the list of
+ the list. *)
- val addn : int -> 'a -> 'a list -> 'a list
- (** [addn n x l] adds [n] times [x] on the left of [l]. *)
+ val drop_prefix : 'a eq -> 'a list -> 'a list -> 'a list
+ (** [drop_prefix eq l1 l] returns [l2] if [l=l1++l2] else return [l]. *)
+
+ val insert : 'a eq -> 'a -> 'a list -> 'a list
+ (** Insert at the (first) position so that if the list is ordered wrt to the
+ total order given as argument, the order is preserved *)
+
+ val share_tails : 'a list -> 'a list -> 'a list * 'a list * 'a list
+ (** [share_tails l1 l2] returns [(l1',l2',l)] such that [l1] is
+ [l1'\@l] and [l2] is [l2'\@l] and [l] is maximal amongst all such
+ decompositions *)
+
+ (** {6 Association lists} *)
+
+ val map_assoc : ('a -> 'b) -> ('c * 'a) list -> ('c * 'b) list
+ (** Applies a function on the codomain of an association list *)
+
+ val assoc_f : 'a eq -> 'a -> ('a * 'b) list -> 'b
+ (** Like [List.assoc] but using the equality given as argument *)
+
+ val remove_assoc_f : 'a eq -> 'a -> ('a * 'b) list -> ('a * 'b) list
+ (** Remove first matching element; unchanged if no such element *)
+
+ val mem_assoc_f : 'a eq -> 'a -> ('a * 'b) list -> bool
+ (** Like [List.mem_assoc] but using the equality given as argument *)
- val prefix_of : 'a eq -> 'a list -> 'a list -> bool
- (** [prefix_of l1 l2] returns [true] if [l1] is a prefix of [l2], [false]
+ val factorize_left : 'a eq -> ('a * 'b) list -> ('a * 'b list) list
+ (** Create a list of associations from a list of pairs *)
+
+ (** {6 Operations on lists of tuples} *)
+
+ val split : ('a * 'b) list -> 'a list * 'b list
+ (** Like OCaml's [List.split] but tail-recursive. *)
+
+ val combine : 'a list -> 'b list -> ('a * 'b) list
+ (** Like OCaml's [List.combine] but tail-recursive. *)
+
+ val split3 : ('a * 'b * 'c) list -> 'a list * 'b list * 'c list
+ (** Like [split] but for triples *)
+
+ val combine3 : 'a list -> 'b list -> 'c list -> ('a * 'b * 'c) list
+ (** Like [combine] but for triples *)
+
+ (** {6 Operations on lists seen as sets, preserving uniqueness of elements} *)
+
+ val add_set : 'a eq -> 'a -> 'a list -> 'a list
+ (** [add_set x l] adds [x] in [l] if it is not already there, or returns [l]
otherwise. *)
- val drop_prefix : 'a eq -> 'a list -> 'a list -> 'a list
- (** [drop_prefix p l] returns [t] if [l=p++t] else return [l]. *)
+ val eq_set : 'a eq -> 'a list eq
+ (** Test equality up to permutation. It respects multiple occurrences
+ and thus works also on multisets. *)
- val drop_last : 'a list -> 'a list
+ val subset : 'a list eq
+ (** Tell if a list is a subset of another up to permutation. It expects
+ each element to occur only once. *)
- val map_append : ('a -> 'b list) -> 'a list -> 'b list
- (** [map_append f [x1; ...; xn]] returns [(f x1)@(f x2)@...@(f xn)]. *)
+ val merge_set : 'a cmp -> 'a list -> 'a list -> 'a list
+ (** Merge two sorted lists and preserves the uniqueness property. *)
- val map_append2 : ('a -> 'b -> 'c list) -> 'a list -> 'b list -> 'c list
- (** As [map_append]. Raises [Invalid_argument _] if the two lists don't have
- the same length. *)
+ val intersect : 'a eq -> 'a list -> 'a list -> 'a list
+ (** Return the intersection of two lists, assuming and preserving
+ uniqueness of elements *)
- val share_tails : 'a list -> 'a list -> 'a list * 'a list * 'a list
+ val union : 'a eq -> 'a list -> 'a list -> 'a list
+ (** Return the union of two lists, assuming and preserving
+ uniqueness of elements *)
- val fold_left_map : ('a -> 'b -> 'a * 'c) -> 'a -> 'b list -> 'a * 'c list
- (** [fold_left_map f e_0 [l_1...l_n] = e_n,[k_1...k_n]]
- where [(e_i,k_i)=f e_{i-1} l_i] *)
+ val unionq : 'a list -> 'a list -> 'a list
+ (** [union] specialized to physical equality *)
- val fold_right_map : ('b -> 'a -> 'c * 'a) -> 'b list -> 'a -> 'c list * 'a
- (** Same, folding on the right *)
+ val subtract : 'a eq -> 'a list -> 'a list -> 'a list
+ (** Remove from the first list all elements from the second list. *)
- val fold_left2_map : ('a -> 'b -> 'c -> 'a * 'd) -> 'a -> 'b list -> 'c list -> 'a * 'd list
- (** Same with two lists, folding on the left *)
+ val subtractq : 'a list -> 'a list -> 'a list
+ (** [subtract] specialized to physical equality *)
- val fold_right2_map : ('b -> 'c -> 'a -> 'd * 'a) -> 'b list -> 'c list -> 'a -> 'd list * 'a
- (** Same with two lists, folding on the right *)
+ val merge_uniq : 'a cmp -> 'a list -> 'a list -> 'a list
+ [@@ocaml.deprecated "Same as [merge_set]"]
- val fold_left3_map : ('a -> 'b -> 'c -> 'd -> 'a * 'e) -> 'a -> 'b list -> 'c list -> 'd list -> 'a * 'e list
- (** Same with three lists, folding on the left *)
+ (** {6 Uniqueness and duplication} *)
- val fold_left4_map : ('a -> 'b -> 'c -> 'd -> 'e -> 'a * 'r) -> 'a -> 'b list -> 'c list -> 'd list -> 'e list -> 'a * 'r list
- (** Same with four lists, folding on the left *)
+ val distinct : 'a list -> bool
+ (** Return [true] if all elements of the list are distinct. *)
- val fold_map : ('a -> 'b -> 'a * 'c) -> 'a -> 'b list -> 'a * 'c list
- [@@ocaml.deprecated "Same as [fold_left_map]"]
+ val distinct_f : 'a cmp -> 'a list -> bool
+ (** Like [distinct] but using the equality given as argument *)
- val fold_map' : ('b -> 'a -> 'c * 'a) -> 'b list -> 'a -> 'c list * 'a
- [@@ocaml.deprecated "Same as [fold_right_map]"]
+ val duplicates : 'a eq -> 'a list -> 'a list
+ (** Return the list of unique elements which appear at least twice. Elements
+ are kept in the order of their first appearance. *)
- val map_assoc : ('a -> 'b) -> ('c * 'a) list -> ('c * 'b) list
- val assoc_f : 'a eq -> 'a -> ('a * 'b) list -> 'b
- val remove_assoc_f : 'a eq -> 'a -> ('a * 'b) list -> ('a * 'b) list
- val mem_assoc_f : 'a eq -> 'a -> ('a * 'b) list -> bool
+ val uniquize : 'a list -> 'a list
+ (** Return the list of elements without duplicates.
+ This is the list unchanged if there was none. *)
+
+ val sort_uniquize : 'a cmp -> 'a list -> 'a list
+ (** Return a sorted version of a list without duplicates
+ according to some comparison function. *)
val min : 'a cmp -> 'a list -> 'a
(** Return minimum element according to some comparison function.
@raise Not_found on an empty list. *)
+ (** {6 Cartesian product} *)
+
val cartesian : ('a -> 'b -> 'c) -> 'a list -> 'b list -> 'c list
- (** A generic cartesian product: for any operator (**),
+ (** A generic binary cartesian product: for any operator (**),
[cartesian (**) [x1;x2] [y1;y2] = [x1**y1; x1**y2; x2**y1; x2**y1]],
and so on if there are more elements in the lists. *)
val cartesians : ('a -> 'b -> 'b) -> 'b -> 'a list list -> 'b list
- (** [cartesians] is an n-ary cartesian product: it iterates
- [cartesian] over a list of lists. *)
+ (** [cartesians op init l] is an n-ary cartesian product: it builds
+ the list of all [op a1 .. (op an init) ..] for [a1], ..., [an] in
+ the product of the elements of the lists *)
val combinations : 'a list list -> 'a list list
- (** combinations [[a;b];[c;d]] returns [[a;c];[a;d];[b;c];[b;d]] *)
-
- val combine3 : 'a list -> 'b list -> 'c list -> ('a * 'b * 'c) list
+ (** [combinations l] returns the list of [n_1] * ... * [n_p] tuples
+ [[a11;...;ap1];...;[a1n_1;...;apn_pd]] whenever [l] is a list
+ [[a11;..;a1n_1];...;[ap1;apn_p]]; otherwise said, it is
+ [cartesians (::) [] l] *)
val cartesians_filter :
('a -> 'b -> 'b option) -> 'b -> 'a list list -> 'b list
- (** Keep only those products that do not return None *)
-
- val factorize_left : 'a eq -> ('a * 'b) list -> ('a * 'b list) list
+ (** Like [cartesians op init l] but keep only the tuples for which
+ [op] returns [Some _] on all the elements of the tuple. *)
+
+ module Smart :
+ sig
+ val map : ('a -> 'a) -> 'a list -> 'a list
+ (** [Smart.map f [a1...an] = List.map f [a1...an]] but if for all i
+ [f ai == ai], then [Smart.map f l == l] *)
+ end
module type MonoS = sig
type elt