Re: Processing fot

Subject: Re: Processing fot
From: Charlie & Barbara Bozeman <cbozeman@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 01:29:13 +0000
Graydon Hoare wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 20 Jun 1998, Charlie & Barbara Bozeman wrote:
> 
> > I wondered if I could build an assoc list of "page-number" elements
> > that referenced "a" elements once; then checked the assoc list for a
> > match when I processed each "a" element. This assoc list would have to
> > be global so this won't work.
> 
> First of all, if it's a big list, use member, not assoc. Member will
> dive into C, so it runs real fast. I'm using member to do
> table-based character code rewriting and it is fast enough.

I hadn't thought about using member but I suspect you are right about
the speed improvement. I'll try this when I get back to work on
Wednesday.

> 
> You're right in that you can't really use set! that way. I think you can
> achieve what you want by controlling the sosofo construction using some
> kind of named let. No guarantees that it works, mind you.. let me know if
> this solves the problem.

I need to process the "a" elements as they occur in the fot because I
need the page number they fall on, therefore I can't process them in
one pass. However your code has some things I might could use so as
I stated previously I'll let you know after Wednesday.

Charlie B.


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