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+(***********************************************************************)
+(* *)
+(* Objective Caml *)
+(* *)
+(* Xavier Leroy, projet Cristal, INRIA Rocquencourt *)
+(* *)
+(* Copyright 1996 Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et *)
+(* en Automatique. All rights reserved. This file is distributed *)
+(* under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License, with *)
+(* the special exception on linking described in file ../LICENSE. *)
+(* *)
+(***********************************************************************)
+
+(* $Id$ *)
+
+(** First-in first-out queues.
+
+ This module implements queues (FIFOs), with in-place modification.
+*)
+
+type 'a t
+(** The type of queues containing elements of type ['a]. *)
+
+
+exception Empty
+(** Raised when {!Queue.take} or {!Queue.peek} is applied to an empty queue. *)
+
+
+val create : unit -> 'a t
+(** Return a new queue, initially empty. *)
+
+val add : 'a -> 'a t -> unit
+(** [add x q] adds the element [x] at the end of the queue [q]. *)
+
+val push : 'a -> 'a t -> unit
+(** [push] is a synonym for [add]. *)
+
+val take : 'a t -> 'a
+(** [take q] removes and returns the first element in queue [q],
+ or raises [Empty] if the queue is empty. *)
+
+val pop : 'a t -> 'a
+(** [pop] is a synonym for [take]. *)
+
+val peek : 'a t -> 'a
+(** [peek q] returns the first element in queue [q], without removing
+ it from the queue, or raises [Empty] if the queue is empty. *)
+
+val top : 'a t -> 'a
+(** [top] is a synonym for [peek]. *)
+
+val clear : 'a t -> unit
+(** Discard all elements from a queue. *)
+
+val copy : 'a t -> 'a t
+(** Return a copy of the given queue. *)
+
+val is_empty : 'a t -> bool
+(** Return [true] if the given queue is empty, [false] otherwise. *)
+
+val length : 'a t -> int
+(** Return the number of elements in a queue. *)
+
+val iter : ('a -> unit) -> 'a t -> unit
+(** [iter f q] applies [f] in turn to all elements of [q],
+ from the least recently entered to the most recently entered.
+ The queue itself is unchanged. *)
+
+val fold : ('b -> 'a -> 'b) -> 'b -> 'a t -> 'b
+(** [fold f accu q] is equivalent to [List.fold_left f accu l],
+ where [l] is the list of [q]'s elements. The queue remains
+ unchanged. *)
+
+val transfer : 'a t -> 'a t -> unit
+(** [transfer q1 q2] adds all of [q1]'s elements at the end of
+ the queue [q2], then clears [q1]. It is equivalent to the
+ sequence [iter (fun x -> add x q2) q1; clear q1], but runs
+ in constant time. *)