[erlang-questions] behavior of lists:append/1

[Pierpaolo Bernardi]

Il giorno 16 settembre 2019, alle ore 15:54, zxq9 <zxq9@REDACTED> ha scritto:
 
>I didn't follow this thread closely, but I'm surprised I didn't see 
>doing a single type check on entry as a possibility. What issues would 
>make this a bad idea?

Only that you add a linear factor to every use of append.

Many linear algorithms would became quadratic, etc etc
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