>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Down <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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Thomas> But if you do decide that subLists /shouldn't/ reflect
Thomas> changes, I'd be slightly concerned about going down the
Thomas> always-copy route, since subList is a very common
Thomas> operation in some cases. A better approach might be
Thomas> `copy-on-write'. Have an implementation which starts off
Thomas> as a view on the parent sequence, but installs a
Thomas> ChangeListener, and takes a full copy if it receives a
Thomas> preChange notification?
We have 2 votes here for copy-on-write as we're going to be handling
lots of v. big sequences and potentially lots of subLists of each.
Keith
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