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authorj.uhlig <[email protected]>2018-03-19 16:32:41 +0100
committerj.uhlig <[email protected]>2018-03-19 16:32:41 +0100
commit35ae53a6c37c670fdfe1e3ea8dc118e443febbf3 (patch)
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is_empty/1 for sets
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-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/sets.xml9
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/src/sets.erl8
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sets.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sets.xml
index 4934bed365..1ed96ddc3f 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sets.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sets.xml
@@ -140,6 +140,15 @@
</func>
<func>
+ <name name="is_empty" arity="1"/>
+ <fsummary>Test for empty set.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Returns <c>true</c> if <c><anno>Set</anno></c> is an empty set,
+ otherwise <c>false</c>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
<name name="is_set" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Test for a <c>Set</c>.</fsummary>
<desc>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/src/sets.erl b/lib/stdlib/src/sets.erl
index c65a13b22e..ac0fc80526 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/src/sets.erl
+++ b/lib/stdlib/src/sets.erl
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
-module(sets).
%% Standard interface.
--export([new/0,is_set/1,size/1,to_list/1,from_list/1]).
+-export([new/0,is_set/1,size/1,is_empty/1,to_list/1,from_list/1]).
-export([is_element/2,add_element/2,del_element/2]).
-export([union/2,union/1,intersection/2,intersection/1]).
-export([is_disjoint/2]).
@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@ is_set(_) -> false.
Set :: set().
size(S) -> S#set.size.
+%% is_empty(Set) -> boolean().
+%% Return 'true' if Set is an empty set, otherwise 'false'.
+-spec is_empty(Set) -> boolean() when
+ Set :: set().
+is_empty(S) -> S#set.size=:=0.
+
%% to_list(Set) -> [Elem].
%% Return the elements in Set as a list.
-spec to_list(Set) -> List when