Added function unique_strings.
--- a/src/Pure/library.ML Fri Aug 31 16:08:45 2001 +0200
+++ b/src/Pure/library.ML Fri Aug 31 16:09:25 2001 +0200
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@
val sort: ('a * 'a -> order) -> 'a list -> 'a list
val sort_strings: string list -> string list
val sort_wrt: ('a -> string) -> 'a list -> 'a list
+ val unique_strings: string list -> string list
(*I/O and diagnostics*)
val cd: string -> unit
@@ -1127,6 +1128,11 @@
val sort_strings = sort string_ord;
fun sort_wrt sel xs = sort (string_ord o pairself sel) xs;
+fun unique_strings ([]: string list) = []
+ | unique_strings [x] = [x]
+ | unique_strings (x :: y :: ys) =
+ if x = y then unique_strings (y :: ys)
+ else x :: unique_strings (y :: ys);
(** input / output and diagnostics **)