I believe what he wants is a persistentlist. You could get one from (apply list) or more succinctly/esoterically (list* ..)
Sort returns a seq view over the array returned by java.util.Array.sort() (defn sort "Returns a sorted sequence of the items in coll. If no comparator is supplied, uses compare. comparator must implement java.util.Comparator." {:added "1.0" :static true} ([coll] (sort compare coll)) ([^java.util.Comparator comp coll] (if (seq coll) (let [a (to-array coll)] (. java.util.Arrays (sort a comp)) (seq a)) ()))) (class (sort (range 10))) clojure.lang.ArraySeq On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 11:01 AM, Plínio Balduino <pbaldu...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi Dave > > Sorry if I didn't get it, but doesn't sort already return a list? > > Could explain? > > Plínio > > > > On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 11:53 AM, Dave Tenny <dave.te...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I have a sequence from a call to 'sort'. >> I want a list. >> >> What is the best way to do this? >> >> (apply list (sort ...))? >> >> Will it have problems on large sequence inputs? >> >> >> I can't use (into () (sort ...)) >> since that conjoins and ruins the sort order. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Clojure" group. >> To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com >> Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with >> your first post. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Clojure" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.