Amortize list traversal.

diff --git a/src/hope_list.erl b/src/hope_list.erl
index 5ce527c..9ce451e 100644 (file)
--- a/src/hope_list.erl
+++ b/src/hope_list.erl
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
 -spec unique_preserve_order(t(A)) ->
     t(A).
 unique_preserve_order(L) ->
 -spec unique_preserve_order(t(A)) ->
     t(A).
 unique_preserve_order(L) ->

-    AppendIfNew =
+    PrependIfNew =

         fun (X, Xs) ->
             case lists:member(X, Xs)
         fun (X, Xs) ->
             case lists:member(X, Xs)

-            of  true  -> Xs
-            ;   false -> Xs ++ [X]
+            of  true  ->      Xs
+            ;   false -> [X | Xs]

             end
         end,
             end
         end,

-    lists:foldl(AppendIfNew, [], L).
+    lists:reverse(lists:foldl(PrependIfNew, [], L)).