Topic: Find duplicates (and do it quickly)

[It's Alive!]

.........
Very minor optimization potential detected, if only for readability. May shave yet another few milliseconds off.
.........
..Or does the lambda look like Greek for anybody?

IMHO the best way to improve readability would to implement the necessary  operators  in the DuplicatePattern type +  IEqualityComparer,  IComparable..

[gile]

F# looks like Martian to me  laugh

I discovered Martian two weeks ago, and I think I enjoy it.

Thanks again Daniel, kaefer, xsfhlzh, and all others for your your C# and F# tricks

[It's Alive!]

Just tested the hashset.. while its not as fast as some of the previous entries, it's no slouch..

Code: [Select]

HashSet<DuplicatePattern> Patterns = new HashSet<DuplicatePattern>();
...
if (Patterns.Contains(dp))
          {
Well better get back to my C++ corner

[Glenn R]

Was thinking about a Hashset myself actually Dan...