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rfc:comprehensions [2019/03/11 11:53] – fix typos in code nikicrfc:comprehensions [2019/04/05 01:10] (current) – Revise explanation of generator choice. crell
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   - In most cases it doesn't matter either way. The result will be put into a foreach() loop and that will be the end of it.   - In most cases it doesn't matter either way. The result will be put into a foreach() loop and that will be the end of it.
   - Cases where it does matter are where the list is especially large, or especially expensive to generate and only selected values will be used.  In those cases a generator is superior as it minimizes the memory and CPU usage (respectively) needed to represent values.   - Cases where it does matter are where the list is especially large, or especially expensive to generate and only selected values will be used.  In those cases a generator is superior as it minimizes the memory and CPU usage (respectively) needed to represent values.
-  - If an actual array is desired, converting a generator to an array is a trivial call to ''%%iterator_to_array()%%''.  Converting an array to an iterator, while technically easy, has no benefit aside from compatibility with other iterators.  Returning a generator, therefore, offers the most benefit with the fewest limitations.+  - If an actual array is desired, converting a generator to an array is a trivial call to ''%%iterator_to_array()%%''.  Converting an array to an iterator, while technically easy, has no benefit aside from compatibility with other iterators. 
 +  - That is, a greedy-list value can be composed out of a lazy-list value and a expansion operation.  However, a lazy-list value cannot be composed from a greedy-list.  That means since both are valuable, the one that provides both via syntactic composition is the superior approach.
   - A compact syntax to produce a generator allows for some nifty functional programming techniques that until now have been verbose to implement for non-array iterators.   - A compact syntax to produce a generator allows for some nifty functional programming techniques that until now have been verbose to implement for non-array iterators.
  
rfc/comprehensions.txt · Last modified: 2019/04/05 01:10 by crell

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