# HG changeset patch
# User Matthias Goergens <matthias.goergens@xxxxxxxxxx>
# Date 1274191678 -3600
# Node ID abd16fd2af43edf2a81bd49c75e213bedb752a59
# Parent  2cdc87ed18e96f3e4d3d8d8345dccf348d0899d1
stdext/Listext got a function make_assoc to build Lisp-like assoc lists

Signed-off-by: Matthias Goergens <Matthias.Goergens@xxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/stdext/listext.ml b/stdext/listext.ml
--- a/stdext/listext.ml
+++ b/stdext/listext.ml
@@ -197,6 +197,8 @@ let safe_hd = function
 	| a::_ -> Some a
 	| [] -> None
 
+let make_assoc op l = map (fun item -> item, op item) l
+
 let rec replace_assoc key new_value = function
 	| [] -> []
 	| (k, _) as p :: tl ->
@@ -205,4 +207,6 @@ let rec replace_assoc key new_value = fu
 		else
 			p :: replace_assoc key new_value tl
 
+let make_assoc op l = map (fun item -> item, op item) l
+
 end
diff --git a/stdext/listext.mli b/stdext/listext.mli
--- a/stdext/listext.mli
+++ b/stdext/listext.mli
@@ -180,4 +180,6 @@ sig
 
 	(** Replace the value belonging to a key in an association list. *)
 	val replace_assoc : 'a -> 'b -> ('a * 'b) list -> ('a * 'b) list
+
+	val make_assoc : ('a -> 'b) -> 'a list -> ('a * 'b) list
 end