> The next step might be to investigate why infinite lazy seqs don't print as 
> clojure.lang.LazySeq, like the finite ones.

that printing of  "clojure.lang.LazySeq@c5d38b66" relies on completely
realizing the input, as it relies on the hash, which relies on the
fully realized value

On Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 12:32 PM Austin Haas <aus...@pettomato.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks, Juan.
>
> I don't need to know the length of the seq, though, only that it is lazy. I 
> don't want to realize any lazy seqs. Ideally, I'd like to be able to print 
> any data structure and have all lazy seqs print just like it does in the 
> example I gave above (i.e., "clojure.lang.LazySeq@c5d38b66"), whether it is 
> finite or infinite.
>
> I also don't want to walk through every data structure to check if it 
> contains a lazy seq, but maybe that is the only option.
>
> I've also tried:
>
> (defmethod print-method clojure.lang.LazySeq [q, w]
>      (.write w "#clojure.lang.LazySeq"))
>
> The next step might be to investigate why infinite lazy seqs don't print as 
> clojure.lang.LazySeq, like the finite ones.
> On Monday, November 2, 2020 at 9:22:58 AM UTC-8 jpmon...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>> Hi Austin,
>>
>> Since there is no way to know the length of a lazy-seq without realizing it, 
>> I think your only choice is to set a limit on it by binding *print-length* 
>> if you are not sure about the sequence.
>>
>> Other thing you can try is bounded-count like this :
>>
>> (defn looks-finite? [xs]
>>   (let [limit 1000]
>>     (< (bounded-count limit xs) limit)))
>>
>> (looks-finite? (map inc (range))) ;; => false
>> (looks-finite? (map inc (range 100))) ;; => true
>>
>> I hope that helps.
>>
>> Juan
>> El domingo, 1 de noviembre de 2020 a las 20:06:39 UTC-3, Austin Haas 
>> escribió:
>>>
>>>
>>> How can I make sure that a logging function won't try to realize an 
>>> infinite lazy seq that could be anywhere in the arguments passed to the 
>>> logging function?
>>>
>>> Is there some way to guarantee that lazy seqs won't be realized when 
>>> converting to a string?
>>>
>>> I know I can bind *print-length*, but I don't want to constrain every 
>>> collection.
>>>
>>> And I know that lazy seqs aren't always realized, but that doesn't seem to 
>>> help if they are infinite:
>>>
>>> user=> (str (map inc (range 10)))
>>> "clojure.lang.LazySeq@c5d38b66"
>>>
>>> user=> (str (map inc (range)))
>>> <never ends>
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
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