Re: [PATCH] Elpa: Pinpoint semantics of `seq-subseq' for streams

[Michael Heerdegen]

Clément Pit--Claudel <address@hidden> writes:

> > Instead, a simple loop incrementing a position variable or something 
> > like that might be more appropriate (efficient).
>
> Sure, but again: how is this related to lists vs strings? Lists need
> to be garbage collected just the same.

Yes, lists and streams (I guess you meant "streams"?) both potentially
leave behind an unnecessary bulk of garbage.  When a stream is bad, a
list is worse.

> > Instead, a simple loop incrementing a position variable or something
> > like that might be more appropriate (efficient).
>
> I'm not sure what you mean :\ Are you saying that sometime streams are
> not the right solution for a given problem? I agree fully :)

Yes, more or less.  And I want to get an idea of how often "sometimes"
is in the use cases where you want the negative indexes.

Michael.