Re: master 792ba71: Add a new function 'buffer-line-statistics'

[Stefan Monnier]

> +  double mean = 0;
[...]
> +       /* Blame Knuth. */
> +       mean = mean + (this_line - mean) / lines;

I must admit to not being fully cognizant of Knuth, but doesn't this
compute the average rather than the mean?

I thought computing the mean was necessarily O(N) in space (like
keeping the full sequence of line lengths so you can sort it and then
pick the middle point).


        Stefan