On Mar 2, 3:37 pm, Mark Volkmann <r.mark.volkm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 2:11 PM, MikeM <michael.messini...@invista.com> wrote:
>
> > I read the part of your article (on lists and vectors) that you linked
> > to in another thread -
>
> > In the list section you show the function into and conj as applied to
> > lists, but these can also be applied to vectors and will return
> > vectors,
>
> > (into [1 2 3] [4 5]) => [1 2 3 4 5]
> > (conj [1 2 3] 4 5) => [1 2 3 4 5]
>
> > so perhaps mention should be made in the vector section? or perhaps it
> > would be better to discuss that many functions take a seq-able
> > argument. Some will return a list if provided a vector, but into and
> > conj preserve the type of their argument.
>
> At the end of the Vectors section I say this:
> "All the code examples provided above for lists also work for vectors."
>
> Do you think I should provide more detail than that?
>
> > Also, you mention that vectors are "not efficient when new items need
> > to be added or removed quickly", but subvec should perhaps be
> > mentioned as an exception.
>
> Can you elaborate on that? You might be teaching me something new.
>
> > You've taken on a formidable task in writing this article, please know
> > that these comments are meant to be constructive and not a criticism
> > of your work.
>
> Thanks! I appreciate all the feedback I can get. I've already made
> many updates to the article based on the feedback I've received.
> Seehttp://ociweb.com/mark/clojure/. I'd be glad add more updates based on
> your feedback.
>
Adding/removing items from the end of a vector (conj/pop) is
efficient, so that statement should be changed.
Rich
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