On 20 October 2010 20:45, Paul Richards <[email protected]> wrote: > On 20 October 2010 20:23, Alan <[email protected]> wrote: >> Augh no, future is not lazy; it's for multithreading. Try delay - it's >> identical to the (suspend) given by the OP. >> >> user=> (time (def x (delay (Thread/sleep 10000)))) >> "Elapsed time: 0.256312 msecs" >> #'user/x >> user=> (time (force x)) >> "Elapsed time: 10000.19261 msecs" >> > > This is perfect! Thank you. >
The only missing feature is that these aren't automatically forced by "println" and friends in the same way that lazy sequences are.. The force is explicit (which is nice for clarity really), but a pain when printing. -- Paul Richards @pauldoo -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
