Weak.create n returns a new weak array of length n. All the pointers are initially empty. Raise Invalid_argument if n is negative or greater than Sys.max_array_length-1.
Weak.set ar n (Some el) sets the nth cell of ar to be a (full) pointer to el; Weak.set ar n None sets the nth cell of ar to empty. Raise Invalid_argument "Weak.set" if n is not in the range 0 to Weak.length a - 1.
Weak.get ar n returns None if the nth cell of ar is empty, Some x (where x is the value) if it is full. Raise Invalid_argument "Weak.get" if n is not in the range 0 to Weak.length a - 1.
Weak.get_copy ar n returns None if the nth cell of ar is empty, Some x (where x is a (shallow) copy of the value) if it is full. In addition to pitfalls with mutable values, the interesting difference with get is that get_copy does not prevent the incremental GC from erasing the value in its current cycle (get may delay the erasure to the next GC cycle). Raise Invalid_argument "Weak.get" if n is not in the range 0 to Weak.length a - 1.
Weak.check ar n returns true if the nth cell of ar is full, false if it is empty. Note that even if Weak.check ar n returns true, a subsequent Weak.get ar n can return None.
Weak.fill ar ofs len el sets to el all pointers of ar from ofs to ofs + len - 1. Raise Invalid_argument "Weak.fill" if ofs and len do not designate a valid subarray of a.
val blit : 'aWeak.t->int ->'aWeak.t->int ->int -> unit
Weak.blit ar1 off1 ar2 off2 len copies len weak pointers from ar1 (starting at off1) to ar2 (starting at off2). It works correctly even if ar1 and ar2 are the same. Raise Invalid_argument "Weak.blit" if off1 and len do not designate a valid subarray of ar1, or if off2 and len do not designate a valid subarray of ar2.
Weak hash sets
A weak hash set is a hashed set of values. Each value may magically disappear from the set when it is not used by the rest of the program any more. This is normally used to share data structures without inducing memory leaks. Weak hash sets are defined on values from a Hashtbl.HashedType module; the equal relation and hash function are taken from that module. We will say that v is an instance of x if equal x v is true.
The equal relation must be able to work on a shallow copy of the values and give the same result as with the values themselves.
Functor building an implementation of the weak hash set structure. H.equal can't be the physical equality, since only shallow copies of the elements in the set are given to it.