On Thursday, 1 March 2012 at 02:44:35 UTC, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
True, but it can't do all of the other operations that array can do either.
Yeah, but the one operation it replaces, ~=, can be done on an array. If you're trying to convert array code to Appender for speed, most likely you're going to be replacing a bunch of ~= calls. It's ok if the other op don't compile, but this one really should. Appender, regardless of the internal representation vs array is a speed optimization; an implementation detail.
It's an output range, not an array.
It's also an Appender, though. I think it is a little silly to have an Appender to which you can't /append/. (put is great too, don't get me wrong, but so is ~=).
