ocaml-containers/enum.mli

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(** {1 Consumable generators} *)
(** This structure is inspired from Ocaml Batteries' BatEnum.t. It features
restartable generators. *)
exception EOG
(** End of Generation *)
type 'a t = unit -> 'a generator
(** An enum is a generator of generators *)
and 'a generator = unit -> 'a
(** A generator may be called several times, yielding the next value
each time. It raises EOG when it reaches the end. *)
val start : 'a t -> 'a generator
(** Create a new generator *)
val next : 'a generator -> 'a
(** Get next element, or raise EOG *)
val junk : 'a generator -> unit
(** Drop element *)
val fold : ('b -> 'a -> 'b) -> 'b -> 'a t -> 'b
(** Fold on the generator *)
val iter : ('a -> unit) -> 'a t -> unit
(** Iterate on the enum *)
val length : _ t -> int
(** Length of an enum (linear time) *)
val map : ('a -> 'b) -> 'a t -> 'b t
(** Lazy map *)
val of_list : 'a list -> 'a t
(** Enumerate the list *)
val to_list : 'a t -> 'a list
(** non tail-call trasnformation to list *)
val to_rev_list : 'a t -> 'a list
(** Tail call conversion to list, in reverse order *)