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Re: Adding Lists/Sequences


From: Thierry Volpiatto
Subject: Re: Adding Lists/Sequences
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:31:58 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux)

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

>>> explain when it is good (if it is) to use these destructive functions.
>>
>> Generally, speed.  Non-destructive operations often create 
>> or copy a lot of new cons cells.
>
> Or when you want to share Lisp structure. A special case is a circular
> structure, which shares part(s) of itself with itself.
>
Can you provide a small example ? 
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A + Thierry Volpiatto
Location: Saint-Cyr-Sur-Mer - France




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