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Re: object and sequence

• Posted by Brian Broker <bkb at CNW.COM> May 04, 2000
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On Wed, 3 May 2000 20:02:43 +0200, <tone.skoda at SIOL.NET> wrote:

>we dont need sequences
>becuase you can allways use object instead of seuqence type
>
>is object type slower or what?

Think of an object as a generic container that can hold either atoms or
sequences.  I can't comment on any speed issues related to declaring a
variable as an object or sequence (but I'd bet that working with sequences
is faster than working with objects simply because it is more specific).
If you have a function that can return either an atom or a sequence, then
you should declare the receiving variable as an object.  (See examples
for 'gets' function in the reference manual... the variable 'line' is
declared an object because 'gets' could return either a sequence or an
atom.)  If you want to make sure that your variable only holds a sequence,
then you should declare it as a sequence (for error checking and possibly
faster execution speed).

-- Brian