Thanks Alex, That was just what I needed. I ended up using the (mapcar copy List) code in some disturbingly inefficient code. I still don't know enough to turn it into something that doesn't need it, but my hope is that as I work on it I'll find it.
On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 4:05 PM, Danilo Kordic <[email protected]> wrote: > `symbols'? :) Although I can imagine only "tiny" namespaces. > > On 12/5/16, Alexander Burger <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Jakob, > > > >> I like how you give both a rationale (of sorts) against, then a > >> demonstration nevertheless of a deep copy. Very friendly! :) > > > > The main reason against deep copy is efficiency. In a typical application > > with > > huge data structures, you will want to change parts of it often. If you > copy > > the > > whole structure each time, you need lots of computing time and processing > > power. > > > > For a demonstration - as I said - I have none ;) > > > > Cheers, > > - Alex > > -- > > UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:[email protected]?subject=Unsubscribe > > > -- > UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:[email protected]?subject=Unsubscribe >
