leanprover / leanprover/lean4

Consider removing `Lean.RBMap.ofList`, `Lean.RBTree.ofList`

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Description

Lean.RBMap.ofList and Lean.RBTree.ofList are not tail recursive and hence susceptible to stack overflow. Lean.RBMap.fromList and Lean.RBTree.fromList already exist as tail recursive alternatives.

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leanprover/lean4:nightly-2023-04-11

Additional Information

This came up in https://github.com/leanprover-community/mathlib4/pull/3507

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Research direction

Start by locating the definitions and uses of Lean.RBMap.ofList and Lean.RBTree.ofList, then compare them with the existing Lean.RBMap.fromList and Lean.RBTree.fromList alternatives. Check the mathlib4 pull request mentioned in the issue for context, and consider the work done when the redundant non-tail-recursive APIs are removed without breaking their callers.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
compilers
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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