* Resource efficiency of vectors
@ 2008-09-15 12:23 Nordlöw
2008-09-15 12:36 ` Joost Diepenmaat
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From: Nordlöw @ 2008-09-15 12:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Is it more resource efficient to use a vector instead of a list in
emacs?
/Nordlöw
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* Re: Resource efficiency of vectors
2008-09-15 12:23 Resource efficiency of vectors Nordlöw
@ 2008-09-15 12:36 ` Joost Diepenmaat
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From: Joost Diepenmaat @ 2008-09-15 12:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
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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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