I was a bit surprised that deque is implemented as a linked list and not, for example, a ring buffer. It would mean that index reads would be constant time (though insert and delete at an index would be linear time), the opposite of using a linked list.
Zero surprises. It’s the same as in any other language.
And thank god for that. Theoretical computer science is still good ;)
I was a bit surprised that
dequeis implemented as a linked list and not, for example, a ring buffer. It would mean that index reads would be constant time (though insert and delete at an index would be linear time), the opposite of using a linked list.