On May 1, 2012, at 2:40 PM, Rémi Forax wrote: >>>> Not saying join should be implemented that way (not so optimal for Strings >>>> only) but i think such functions are very useful. I am not tracking the >>>> lambda library work very closely, have such functions been considered? >>> >>> Yes, we discuss about zip/unzip, and what we call BiStream. >>> unzip is the other name of interleave. >>> >> >> Would that require the creation of an intermediate object that holds two >> values? > > or reuse Map.Entry. > That are the two reasonable choices. >
I was questioning whether the creation of such objects are necessary, not the definition of a class of such an object. i.e. while zip/unzip could be used it does not seem particular efficient for the interleave use-case (especially when three or more streams are interleaved). > Paul, I think this discussion should be moved to lambda-dev. > It will be more fruitful. > Given the context with core libraries i kept it on the same list for now. Paul.
