Set a type alias for the statistics

Sequential.hs

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 --
 module Sequential(orbit) where
 
-import Table (Freq, VTable, Vertex, get_freq, freq_to_stat, is_member, insert, new, to_list)
+import Table (Freq, Stats, VTable, Vertex, get_freq, freq_to_stat, is_member, insert, new, to_list)
 import Data.Hashable (hash)
 import Data.Dequeue (BankersDequeue, fromList, popFront, pushBack)
 import OrbitUtils (now)
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ type Conf = ([Vertex -> Vertex], Int)
 -- where the hash table is of size TableSize.
 -- The function returns a pair consisting of the computed orbit and a singleton
 -- list of statistics (mainly runtime and fill degree of the table).
-orbit :: [Vertex -> Vertex] -> [Vertex] -> Int -> ([Vertex],  [[(String, String)]])
+orbit :: [Vertex -> Vertex] -> [Vertex] -> Int -> ([Vertex],  [Stats])
 orbit gs xs tableSize = (orbit, [stat])
         -- assemble static configuration
   where staticMachConf = mk_static_mach_conf gs tableSize  
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ get_table_size :: Conf -> Int
 get_table_size staticMachConf = snd staticMachConf
 
 -- produce readable statistics
-seq_stats :: Int -> Freq -> Int -> [(String, String)]
+seq_stats :: Int -> Freq -> Int -> Stats
 seq_stats elapsedTime frequency vertsRecvd =
   ("wall_time", show elapsedTime) : ("vertices_recvd", show vertsRecvd) : freq_to_stat frequency
 

Table.hs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 -- orbit-int hash table (storing vertices on a worker)
 --
 module Table( Freq
+            , Stats
             , VTable
             , Vertex
             , new
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ import Data.Array (Array, elems, listArray, (!), (//))
 type Freq   = [Int]
 type Vertex = Int
 type VTable = Array Int [Vertex]
+type Stats  = [(String, String)]
 
 -- Note: Hash tables have a fixed number of slots but each slot can store
 -- a list of vertices. The functions is_member/3 and insert/3
@@ -101,7 +103,7 @@ sum_freqs fs = foldl (flip sum_freqs2) [] fs
 
 -- freq_to_stat produces a readable statistics from a table fill frequency;
 -- the input frequency F is itself part of the statistics
-freq_to_stat :: Freq -> [(String, String)]
+freq_to_stat :: Freq -> Stats
 freq_to_stat frequency = [ ("freq", show frequency)
                          , ("size", show $ freq_to_vertices frequency)
                          , ("slots", show $ freq_to_slots frequency)
@@ -116,7 +118,7 @@ freq_to_stat frequency = [ ("freq", show frequency)
 
 -- freq_from_stat extracts a table fill frequency from a statistics Stat
 -- (assuming Stat was produced by freq_to_stat/1, otherwise returns []);
-freq_from_stat :: [(String, String)] -> Freq
+freq_from_stat :: Stats -> Freq
 freq_from_stat stat =
   case "freq" `lookup` stat of
     Just val -> read val :: [Int]