deeqSeq proposal

John Meacham john at repetae.net
Wed Apr 5 19:51:43 EDT 2006


On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 10:34:09AM -0500, Spencer Janssen wrote:
> How about an implementation that sets the deepSeq'd bit *after* each
> field has been successfully deepSeq'd?  deepSeq'ing a cyclic structure
> would behave just like an infinite structure.

what would be the point of having a bit then?

in any case, we should talk about the meaning of deepseqing something,
not its implementation.

depth limited recursive seq seems like the best route to me.

        John

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