[erlang-patches] Add dict:is_empty/1 and orddict:is_empty/1

[Richard Carlsson]

Perhaps I should mention my attempt at a complete unified dict-API, that 
I tried to rouse some interest in about a couple of years ago. (This 
change would be compatible with my suggestions.)

See

http://erlang.org/pipermail/erlang-questions/2011-December/063430.html

and

https://github.com/richcarl/otp/tree/dict-api

     /Richard

On 2013-09-06 13:05 , Robert Virding wrote:
> I just want to comment that I think this is a reasonable and useful externsion of the dict/orddict API.
>
> Robert
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Fredrik" <fredrik@REDACTED>
>> To: "Magnus Henoch" <magnus@REDACTED>
>> Cc: erlang-patches@REDACTED
>> Sent: Wednesday, 4 September, 2013 4:22:14 PM
>> Subject: Re: [erlang-patches] Add dict:is_empty/1 and orddict:is_empty/1
>>
>> On 09/04/2013 04:13 PM, Magnus Henoch wrote:
>>> This patch adds the functions dict:is_empty/1 and orddict:is_empty/1.
>>> For dict, comparing the size against 0 runs in constant time, but not
>>> for orddict.  My new functions are an attempt to relieve users from
>>> having to know such implementation details.
>>>
>>> git fetch git://github.com/legoscia/otp.git dict_orddict_is_empty
>>>
>>> https://github.com/legoscia/otp/compare/erlang:master...legoscia:dict_orddict_is_empty
>>> https://github.com/legoscia/otp/compare/erlang:master...legoscia:dict_orddict_is_empty.patch
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Magnus
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>> Hello Magnus,
>> I've fetched your patch and assigned it to be reviewed by responsible
>> developers.
>> Thanks,
>>
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>>
>> BR Fredrik Gustafsson
>> Erlang OTP Team
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