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The methods Sequence.map and Sequence.where are now implemented using deferred execution. They return an instance of a new Sequence-derived class that performs the operation while iterating. This has three main advantages: * It can be computationally cheaper when not the whole sequence is iterated. * It consumes less memory since it does not store the result in a newly allocated list. * They can work on infinite sequences. Some disadvantages are: * Iterating the returned iterator will be slightly slower due to the added indirection. * You should be aware that modifications made to the original sequence will affect the returned sequence. * If you need the result in a list, you now need to call Sequence.list on the result.
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// Infinite iterator demonstrating that Sequence.map is not eager
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class FibIterator {
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new {
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_current = 0
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_next = 1
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}
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iterate {
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var sum = _current + _next
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_current = _next
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_next = sum
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}
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value { _current }
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}
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class Fib is Sequence {
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iterate(iterator) {
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if (iterator == null) return new FibIterator
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iterator.iterate
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return iterator
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}
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iteratorValue(iterator) { iterator.value }
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}
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var squareFib = (new Fib).map {|fib| fib * fib }
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var iterator = null
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IO.print(squareFib is Sequence) // expect: true
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IO.print(squareFib) // expect: instance of MapSequence
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iterator = squareFib.iterate(iterator)
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IO.print(squareFib.iteratorValue(iterator)) // expect: 0
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iterator = squareFib.iterate(iterator)
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IO.print(squareFib.iteratorValue(iterator)) // expect: 1
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iterator = squareFib.iterate(iterator)
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IO.print(squareFib.iteratorValue(iterator)) // expect: 1
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iterator = squareFib.iterate(iterator)
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IO.print(squareFib.iteratorValue(iterator)) // expect: 4
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iterator = squareFib.iterate(iterator)
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IO.print(squareFib.iteratorValue(iterator)) // expect: 9
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