Re: [tuples] GS_BIND, GS_TRY, and minor API changes

["Christopher Matthews" <chrismatthews at google dot com>]

I don't understand option 1.  How do you insert in the middle of a
list if you don't where to? Or is that not how
bsi_insert_{before/after} are used?

On 7/17/07, Aldy Hernandez <aldyh@redhat.com> wrote:
> > Well, it seems more useful to include gs_seq_insert_before and
> > gs_seq_insert_after.  We'll need them to implement bsi_insert_before and
> > bsi_insert_after.  But I guess it doesn't hurt if we leave it for now.
>
> For gs_seq_insert_{before,after} which do you suggest:
>
>         gs_seq_insert_*(seq, item_to_insert);
> or
>         gs_seq_insert_*(seq, item_where_to_start, item_to_insert);
>
> The 2nd option requires us to traverse the list to find the
> item_where_to_start in the sequence, as sequences only have first/last
> information.  The 1st option is pretty much a push and an append.
>
> Aldy