Re: Upcoming GLib changes

[Scott Wimer <scottw cgibuilder com>]

Tim,

Basically, I want an array/list where I can work off of either 
end with equal ease.

I've only rarely needed a queue.  I've on many occasions wanted
to work of both ends of a list.

Just my 2 cents,
scottwimer

On Fri, 2 Jul 1999, Tim Janik wrote:

> On Fri, 2 Jul 1999, Scott Wimer wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Damon Chaplin wrote:
> > 
> > > I agree with this. I think:
> > > 
> > >  g_stack_push()
> > >  g_stack_pop()
> > >  g_stack_empty()
> > >  g_stack_peek()
> > 
> > Let's add the following, just to make the stack more useful:
> > 
> > g_stack_shift()			/* like pop(), only on the other end */
> > g_stack_unshift()       /* like push(), only on the other end */
> 
> and you don't think a queue would be more usefull
> if you need this functionality? ;)
> 
> > The problem is that these make the implementation more difficult.
> > If people don't want to add them to g_stack, that's not a big deal.
> > 
> > I'll be putting them in my bucketized array library.  (which should
> > be a nice comprimise between GList and GArray).
> > 
> > Regards,
> > scottwimer
> > 
> 
> ---
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> 
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