Camilo Roca <car...@gmail.com> writes: Hi Camilo,
> Everything is ok with that. The next one on the other hand is what > puzzles me: > (identical? \f (first (str "f" "oo"))) > ;;=> true > > If what I guess is right, the amount of chars that exist are finite, > thus Clojure treats them like a "pool of charts". The question is then > why are not strings implemented as vectors of charts instead of using > the underlying Java String class? That wouldn't be better. Two vectors containing the identical chars in the same order are still different vectors. (map identical? [\f \o \o] [\f \o \o]) ;=> (true true true) (identical? [\f \o \o] [\f \o \o]) ;=> false So that's actually exactly the same as with strings. And as Alex already explained, strings are more light-weight than vectors, and they are already highly optimized, e.g., every equal literal string in your code will usually be represented by the very same string in memory. Bye, Tassilo -- 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.
