Terminology: fixed-array => eager-array? Bradley Lucier (05 Aug 2015 00:55 UTC)
Re: Terminology: fixed-array => eager-array? Jamison Hope (05 Aug 2015 14:33 UTC)
Re: Terminology: fixed-array => eager-array? John Cowan (05 Aug 2015 17:46 UTC)
Re: Terminology: fixed-array => eager-array? Bradley Lucier (17 Aug 2015 19:25 UTC)
Re: Terminology: fixed-array => eager-array? John Cowan (25 Aug 2015 12:37 UTC)
Re: Terminology: fixed-array => eager-array? Jamison Hope (25 Aug 2015 15:29 UTC)
Re: Terminology: fixed-array => eager-array? Bradley Lucier (31 Aug 2015 00:26 UTC)
Laziness (was: Terminology) John Cowan (05 Aug 2015 16:55 UTC)

Re: Terminology: fixed-array => eager-array? John Cowan 05 Aug 2015 17:46 UTC

Jamison Hope scripsit:

> I would suggest "simple-array"; what you're describing is similar to how
> that term is used in Common Lisp (although it's not an exact match).

I thought about that, but there are issues that I'll take up in another posting.

> Also, I think John already touched on this, but an array being
> fixed/eager/simple/whatever should have no bearing on its mutability.

Indeed.

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