This module offers a minimalist mutable FIFO queue that is tuned for performance.
In comparison with OCaml's Queue module, it uses a more compact internal representation: elements are stored contiguously in an array. This has a positive impact on performance: both time and memory consumption are reduced.
The implementation is optimized for maximum throughput. The internal array is never shrunk, so a queue that has contained many elements in the past remains large. Furthermore, array slots are not overwritten when elements are extracted; thus, an element that has appeared in the queue in the past can remain reachable. These drawbacks are usually acceptable provided that the queue is thrown away after use.
val create : unit -> 'a tcreate() creates an empty queue.
val is_empty : 'a t -> boolis_empty q tests whether the queue q is empty.
val add : 'a -> 'a t -> unitadd x q adds the element x at the end of the queue q.
Empty is raised when take is applied to an empty queue.