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If I recall correctly, Clojure does something like this on most of its basic types. Since it wants users to avoid in-place modifications, it provides data struc
by koenigdavidmj 16y ago
If I recall correctly, Clojure does something like this on most of its basic types. Since it wants users to avoid in-place modifications, it provides data structures that have modification functions that return new instances of the data structure with the changes made. These also do not regenerate the whole structure; they only use memory to point to the one modified/added element.
Please correct me if this is false.
- gtani 16y agoThat's correct, except for performance tweaks like transients http://technomancy.us/132 http://technomancy.us/132 http://fupeg.blogspot.com/2009/11/persistent-data-structures.html http://fupeg.blogspot.com/2009/11/persistent-data-structures... http://groups.google.com/group/clojure/msg/99d1cfcc3a9b520b http://groups.google.com/group/clojure/msg/99d1cfcc3a9b520b