1. RE: Referencing Nested Sequences
Derek Parnell wrote:
>
> item
> > that is part of a larger item, generally rearrange items in a sequence
> > -
> where
> > each of these items might be a nested sequence.
> >
> > Would this result in is that large 'copying tasks' for each
> > rearrangement
> ? -
>
> Not really. If I understand this ( Robert Craig - can you confirm this?)
> correctly, altering an element inside a sequence does not mean that the
> entire sequence is copied to a new RAM location. Internally, a sequence
> uses
> pointers to data, like a handle. This, combined with reference counting
> and
> garbage collection, means that manipulating a sequence's contents is not
> all
> that inefficient.
>
It depends what you're doing. Most sequence operations are fast, but if
you take a nested sequence and iteratively grow the inner sequences your
program can slow to a crawl (if it is BIG sequence), and you might have
to switch to a less intuitive algorithm to get good efficiency. There
is "always a way" though, but sometimes you've got rewrite it a few
times....
2. RE: Referencing Nested Sequences
- Posted by rforno at tutopia.com
Jun 09, 2003
Derek:
Are these words/expressions in a dictionary, or are they only aussie forms?
Regards.
----- Original Message -----
From: Derek Parnell <ddparnell at bigpond.com>
Subject: Re: Referencing Nested Sequences
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> G'Day. I just clued in you're another vegemite. I'm from Melbourne. Hope
you
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source
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> Derek
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