RE: [pcollections][PROPOSAL] Primitive collections - new sandbox component from [collections]

[Gary Gregory <gg...@seagullsw.com>]

(back from vacation)

I like [primitives]

Since primitives are not going away, a project help with all things
primitives seems like a good idea. If all it does at first is collections,
that's a great start. I am sure there will be other things to add latter.

Gary

> -----Original Message-----
> From: scolebourne@btopenworld.com [mailto:scolebourne@btopenworld.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 07:58
> To: commons-dev@jakarta.apache.org
> Subject: RE: [pcollections][PROPOSAL] Primitive collections - new sandbox
> component from [collections]
> 
> [primitives] is a nicer name and leaves options open. Primitives and
> primitive collections are kindof one thing. I may call it that for the
> sandbox.
> 
> Stephen
> 
> >  from:    "Hope, Matthew" <Ma...@capitalone.com>
> > is there much of a link in codebase / use cases of the primitive
> collections
> > and primitive utilities within lang etc...
> >
> > perhaps a primitives project with a sub package
> o.a.c.primitive.collections
> > would work?
> >
> > I know I'd be a heavy user of both together.
> >
> > definitely still useful even when 1.5 boxing happens.
> >
> > colt has some very impressive primitive maps where you can roll your own
> > reasonably simply
> > (int -> double, long-->Object, int->int etc provided already but with
> > 'template' to sort your own out) long->Object is perfect for massive
> caches
> > of credit card number->Object maps, only about 16MB overhead per million
> > entries and still very fast.
> >
> > they are a mix of licences and I doubt they are apache compatible
> though.
> >
> > Matt
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Stephen Colebourne [mailto:scolebourne@btopenworld.com]
> > > Sent: 27 August 2003 23:48
> > > To: Jakarta Commons Developers List
> > > Cc: Søren Bak
> > > Subject: [pcollections][PROPOSAL] Primitive collections - new
> > > sandbox component from [collections]
> > >
> > >
> > > The attached proposal is to create a new Sandbox project, named
> > > [pcollections] to house a complete set of primitive
> > > collections. Reasoning:
> > >
> > > 1) [collections] is already large, and primitive-collections
> > > and collections
> > > actually have remarkably little in common
> > >
> > > 2) The current primitive collections code in [collections] is
> > > completely
> > > isolated from the rest of the [collections] code, a sure-fire
> > > indicator of
> > > being better in a separate project with its own release cycle
> > >
> > > 3) A positive response from Soren Bak of the PCJ project to
> > > integrate a
> > > complete set of primitive-collections together in one place.
> > >
> > >
> > > This mail is to enable anyone to
> > > - object to the idea
> > > - come up with a better name than pcollections
> > > - to volunteer support (please!!)
> > > - or any other comment :-)
> > >
> > > Stephen
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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