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diff --git a/math/p5-Set-IntSpan/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Set-IntSpan/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..56e64b127b3c --- /dev/null +++ b/math/p5-Set-IntSpan/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +Set::IntSpan manages sets of integers. It is optimized for sets that +have long runs of consecutive integers. These arise, for example, in +.newsrc files, which maintain lists of articles: + + alt.foo: 1-21,28,31 + alt.bar: 1-14192,14194,14196-14221 + +Sets are stored internally in a run-length coded form. This provides +for both compact storage and efficient computation. In particular, +set operations can be performed directly on the encoded +representation. |