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Module Queue: first-in first-out queues |
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This module implements queues (FIFOs), with in-place modification.
type 'a t
The type of queues containing elements of type 'a
.
exception Empty
Raised when take
is applied to an empty queue.
val create: unit -> 'a t
Return a new queue, initially empty.
val add: 'a -> 'a t -> unit
add x q
adds the element x
at the end of the queue q
.
val take: 'a t -> 'a
take q
removes and returns the first element in queue q
,
or raises Empty
if the queue is empty.
val peek: 'a t -> 'a
peek q
returns the first element in queue q
, without removing
it from the queue, or raises Empty
if the queue is empty.
val clear : 'a t -> unit
Discard all elements from a queue.
val length: 'a t -> int
Return the number of elements in a queue.
val iter: f:('a -> unit) -> 'a t -> unit
iter f q
applies f
in turn to all elements of q
,
from the least recently entered to the most recently entered.
The queue itself is unchanged.