[Shootout-list] A few unrelated points

[Bengt Kleberg]

Isaac Gouy wrote:
...deleted
> 2) We seem to be intent on removing the hash test because more time is
> spent creating hash-keys than doing insert/lookup.
> 
> Does that mean much more than hash is a test of both number-to-string
> conversion and hashtable insert/lookup - just as spell checker combines
>  line-oriented I/O and hashtable insert/lookup?

since i was the person (please correct me if i am wrong here) to suggest 
that we should go from the ''this test is meaningless'' to actually 
remove it, i would like to answer.

the hash test as it is today is supposed to be a hash test only. we do 
not need to remove it. instead we could just change the name of the test 
and i would be happy.

i prefer tests that test one thing at a time. call it low level 
benchmarking. therefor i would like to question the need for a test that 
does both number-to-string conversion and hashtable insert/lookup. we 
can have two tests if we are interested.

the spell checker on the other hand is actually doing something. it is 
(to me) a high level benchmark. it has a context. to do what it is doing 
it needs to combine line-oriented I/O and hashtable insert/lookup.


> I'm a little puzzled that no one has suggested that there should be a
> "map" rather than "hash" test. 

one thing at a time, please :-) in the todo section there is already an 
entry for adding map/fold/etc.


bengt