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This PR adds comprehensive time and space complexity documentation to collection operators in FSharp.Core .fsi files, improving developer understanding of performance characteristics.

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Added <remarks> sections with time and space complexity information to key collection operators across multiple modules:

Core List Operators (prim-types.fsi)

  • :: (cons): O(1) time, O(1) space
  • @ (append): O(n) time, O(n) space where n is the length of the first list

List Module (list.fsi)

  • List.append: O(n) time, O(n) space
  • List.concat: O(n) time, O(n) space where n is total elements
  • List.head: O(1) time, O(1) space
  • List.tail: O(1) time, O(1) space
  • List.length: O(n) time, O(1) space

Array Module (array.fsi)

  • Array.append: O(n+m) time, O(n+m) space
  • Array.concat: O(n) time, O(n) space where n is total elements
  • Array.head: O(1) time, O(1) space
  • Array.tail: O(n) time, O(n) space (creates new array)
  • Array.length: O(1) time, O(1) space

Set Module (set.fsi)

  • Set.add: O(log n) time, O(log n) space due to balanced tree structure
  • Set.remove: O(log n) time, O(log n) space
  • Set.union: O(n+m) time, O(n+m) space
  • Set.intersect: O(n+m) time, O(min(n,m)) space

Map Module (map.fsi)

  • Map.add: O(log n) time, O(log n) space due to balanced tree structure
  • Map.remove: O(log n) time, O(log n) space

Seq Module (seq.fsi)

  • Seq.append: O(1) time, O(1) space (lazy evaluation)

Implementation Details

The complexity documentation follows existing XML documentation patterns and is placed in <remarks> sections to maintain consistency with the codebase. Generic operators like hashing and equality were intentionally excluded per the requirements.

All changes have been validated with successful builds to ensure XML documentation validity.

Benefits

  • Developers can make informed decisions about algorithm choices
  • Improves API documentation completeness
  • Follows industry best practices for performance documentation
  • Maintains backward compatibility with existing code

This pull request was created as a result of the following prompt from Copilot chat.

Add time and space complexity XML documentation in to all operators that operate on collections, such as :: (cons) and @ (append), in relevant FSharp.Core .fsi files. Do not document generic operators like hashing or equality.


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@Copilot Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Complexity Documentation for Collection Operators (::, @, etc.) Add time and space complexity XML documentation to collection operators in FSharp.Core Jul 30, 2025
Copilot finished work on behalf of T-Gro July 30, 2025 15:48
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T-Gro commented Jul 31, 2025

/run fantomas

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  • Outcome: success

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Copilot AI commented Jul 31, 2025

/run fantomas

Fantomas formatting has been applied. The tool made a minor formatting fix to remove trailing whitespace in seq.fsi.

Copilot finished work on behalf of T-Gro July 31, 2025 08:59
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