so your question is: why doesn't the Traversal in the by() iterate everything in it rather than requiring the call to fold()?
marko, perhaps you're best suited to answer that.... On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 1:17 PM, Jonathan Ellithorpe <j...@cs.stanford.edu> wrote: > Very helpful, thank you. The bits about how the console automatically > iterates over the return value was very helpful. > > One part that was still a little unclear to me was why only next() is > called on the inV() Traversal for the second by(). > > "[the console] only iterates the result of a line of execution. Therefore, > inner Traversal instances do not get that benefit, and as such, inV() only > has next() called upon it pulling a single vertex from the "knows" edges" > > That only the returned traversal gets iterated makes sense, but why that > iteration doesn't, in its course, trigger a complete iteration of inV() is > unclear to me. > > I just started using the gremlin console yesterday so this is all new to me > :) > > Jonathan > > On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 12:27 PM Kelvin Lawrence < > kelvin.r.lawre...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Thanks for putting this together. I recall we had some good exchanges > last > > year about the good ole console! > > > > > > Kelvin > > > > > > On Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at 8:13:14 AM UTC-6, Stephen Mallette > wrote: > >> > >> We answer a lot of questions on the user mailing list about the Gremlin > >> Console and there are many themes of usage that seem to come up time and > >> time again. I figured that these themes would make a good addition as a > >> tutorial. > >> > >> > >> > http://tinkerpop.apache.org/docs/3.1.1-incubating/tutorials/the-gremlin-console/ > >> > >> I hope you all enjoy this more in-depth look at such an important tool > of > >> the TinkerPop stack. > >> > >> Stephen > >> > > >
