What does freezing an array really do?

I know that a frozen array doesn't have to be searched for elements in a younger generation, but how does it differ from an unfrozen array that hasn't been mutated since the last collection? David ___ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list

Re: What does freezing an array really do?

So I guess this is to avoid having to check the closure type on each mutation to see if the array needs to be added to the mutable list? On Thu, Aug 20, 2020, 6:12 PM Bertram Felgenhauer via Glasgow-haskell-users wrote: > David Feuer wrote: > > I know that a frozen array doesn't have to be

Re: What does freezing an array really do?

David Feuer wrote: > I know that a frozen array doesn't have to be searched for elements in > a younger generation, but how does it differ from an unfrozen array > that hasn't been mutated since the last collection? Frozen arrays are not put on the mutable list once they're clean (meaning they

Re: What does freezing an array really do?

On August 20, 2020 7:08:06 PM EDT, David Feuer wrote: >So I guess this is to avoid having to check the closure type on each >mutation to see if the array needs to be added to the mutable list? > Correct. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.