[Haskell-cafe] implementing python-style dictionary in Haskell

[Don Stewart]

dave:
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 3:52 PM, Don Stewart <dons at galois.com> wrote:
> > dave:
> >> 2008/11/18 kenny lu <haskellmail at gmail.com>:
> >> > The above number shows that my implementations of python style dictionary
> >> > are space/time in-efficient as compared to python.
> >> >
> >> > Can some one point out what's wrong with my implementations?
> >>
> >> This isn't really a fair comparison. Map, IntMap, and Trie are
> >> persistent data structures, and Python dictionaries are ephemeral.
> >> (That is, when you "add" a key to a Map, you actually create a new one
> >> that shares structure with the old one, and both can be used in
> >> subsequent code. In Python, you would have to copy the dictionary.)
> >>
> >
> > Strings, not ByteStrings. that's the difference.
> 
> Is that in response to what I wrote, or to the original question?
> 
> Speaking of ByteStrings and tries, has anyone implemented a Patricia
> Trie for ByteStrings? I started putting one together a while back, but
> I got distracted and never finished it.

I started putting one together a while back but I got distracted and
never finished it. I think its a couple of days polishing.

-- Don