[m-dev.] But, then again, Re: Nice! bintree deconstruction

[David Overton]

On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 12:09:03PM -0500, doug.auclair at logicaltypes.com wrote:
> On reflection the semideterministic approach of deconstruct is not
> ideal.  The representation approach keeps the entire process
> (externalization of the internal structure and this using that
> structure for, e.g., iteration) deterministic.  Is there a way to make
> deconstruct deterministic?

What's wrong with:

	( if deconstruct(...) then
		<code for handling node>
	else
		<code for handling empty tree>
	)

David
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