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rfc:comprehensions [2019/03/11 04:47] – Revise examples and remove mention of Javascript. crellrfc:comprehensions [2019/04/05 01:10] (current) – Revise explanation of generator choice. crell
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-In both cases, ''%%'$gen%%'' is now a generator that will produce double the odd values of $list.  However, the first case uses 38 characters (with spaces) vs 94 characters (with spaces), and is easily compacted onto a single line as opposed to 7.+In both cases, ''%%$gen%%'' is now a generator that will produce double the odd values of $list.  However, the first case uses 38 characters (with spaces) vs 94 characters (with spaces), and is easily compacted onto a single line as opposed to 7.
  
 ===== Proposal ===== ===== Proposal =====
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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 generatorthereforeoffers 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, greedy-list value can be composed out of a lazy-list value and a expansion operation.  Howevera 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.
  
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 $result = array_map(function ($x) { $result = array_map(function ($x) {
-  $x * 2;+  return $x * 2;
 }, $list); }, $list);
  
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 // but I include it for completeness. // but I include it for completeness.
 $result = array_map(function($x) { $result = array_map(function($x) {
-  $x * 2+  return $x * 2;
 }, array_filter(function() { }, array_filter(function() {
-  return $x % 2+  return $x % 2;
 }, $list)); }, $list));
  
 $result = (function() use ($list) { $result = (function() use ($list) {
   foreach ($list as $x) {   foreach ($list as $x) {
-    If ($x % 2) {+    if ($x % 2) {
       yield $x * 2;       yield $x * 2;
     }     }
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 <code php> <code php>
 $result = array_map(function($x) { $result = array_map(function($x) {
-  $x * 2+  return $x * 2;
 }, array_filter(function() { }, array_filter(function() {
-  return $x % 2+  return $x % 2;
 }, $list)); }, $list));
  
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 <code php> <code php>
-$result = (fn() => foreach($list as $x) if ($x % 2) yield $x * 2;)();+$result = (fn() => foreach($list as $x) if ($x % 2) yield $x * 2)();
 </code> </code>
  
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