EdisonAPI-1.2.2.1: A library of efficent, purely-functional data structures (API)

CopyrightCopyright (c) 1998 Chris Okasaki
LicenseBSD3; see COPYRIGHT file for terms and conditions
Maintainerrobdockins AT fastmail DOT fm
Stabilitystable
PortabilityGHC, Hugs (MPTC and FD)
Safe HaskellSafe
LanguageHaskell98

Data.Edison.Prelude

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Description

This module is a central depository of common definitions used throughout Edison.

Synopsis

Hashing classes

class Eq a => Hash a where Source

This class represents hashable objects. If obeys the following invariant:

forall x,y :: a. (x == y) implies (hash x == hash y)

Methods

hash :: a -> Int Source

class Hash a => UniqueHash a Source

This class represents hashable objects where the hash function is unique (injective). There are no new methods, just a stronger invariant:

forall x,y :: a. (x == y) iff (hash x == hash y)

class UniqueHash a => ReversibleHash a where Source

This class represents hashable objects where the hash is reversible.

forall x :: a. unhash (hash x) == x

Note that:

hash (unhash i) == i

does not necessarily hold because unhash is not necessarily defined for all i, only for all i in the range of hash.

Methods

unhash :: Int -> a Source

class Monoid v => Measured v a | a -> v where Source

This class represents a quantity that can be measured. It is calculated by an associative function with a unit (hence the Monoid superclass, and by a function which gives the measurement for an individual item. Some datastructures are able to speed up the calculation of a measure by caching intermediate values of the computation.

Methods

measure :: a -> v Source