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Re: ADT Sets?
- To: ooc-list@informatik.uni-kl.de
- Subject: Re: ADT Sets?
- From: "Eric W. Nikitin" <enikitin@apk.net>
- Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 07:46:13 -0400 (EDT)
- In-Reply-To: <35CD61C7.26C4F66E@inspired.to> from "Michael Griebling" at Aug 9, 98 04:45:59 am
Michael Griebling <mgriebling@inspired.to> wrote:
>
> > The function "Different" is _not_ equivalent to "~Equal":
> > Different(a,b)=TRUE iff a*b={}. Does anyone have a better name for
> > this?
> >
>
> This is a common operation with sets where it is called an empty
> intersection.Suggested name: IntersectionEmpty().
>
What about Disjoint() or IsDisjoint()? (It's been a while, but isn't
that the mathematical term for sets having no elements in common, i.e.,
"empty intersection"?)
Eric