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Re: Resource efficiency of vectors
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Joost Diepenmaat |
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Re: Resource efficiency of vectors |
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Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:36:27 +0200 |
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Nordlöw <per.nordlow@gmail.com> writes:
> Is it more resource efficient to use a vector instead of a list in
> emacs?
Depends on the resource, and on the algorithm. lists are linked lists,
vectors are memory blocks. That should give you some indication of when
to use which.
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Sequences-Arrays-Vectors.html#Sequences-Arrays-Vectors
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