[Haskell-cafe] Re: Records vs HList

[David Menendez]

Keean Schupke writes:

> HList can do O(log n) by the way, if the labels have order, you can
> implement a binary search tree of labels (Of course all the accessor
> functions would need to be rewritten).

The idea of writing a type-level balanced binary search tree fills me
with an uncertain mixture of excitement and dread. Particularly if you
want to be able to compare records for equality.
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