XSubseq

XSubseq provides functions to be able to handle "subseq"s more effieiently. As Common Lisp's subseq copies the data every time, "subseq" and "concatenate" code is very inefficient like the following code.

(let ((result (make-array 0 :element-type '(unsigned-byte 8))))
  (lambda (data start end)
    (setf result (concatenate '(simple-array (unsigned-byte 8) (*))
                              result
                              (subseq data start end)))
    result))

XSubseq delays the copying until it is actually needed.

Usage

(defvar *data1* #(1 2 3))
(defvar *data2* #(4 5 6))

(xsubseq *data1* 0 1)
;=> #S(XSUBSEQ:XSUBSEQ :DATA #(1 2 3) :START 0 :END 1 :LEN 1)

(xnconc (xsubseq *data1* 0 1)
        (xsubseq *data2* 2))
;=> #S(XSUBSEQ:CONCATENATED-XSUBSEQS
;     :LEN 2
;     :LAST (#S(XSUBSEQ:XSUBSEQ :DATA #(4 5 6) :START 2 :END 3 :LEN 1))
;     :CHILDREN (#S(XSUBSEQ:XSUBSEQ :DATA #(1 2 3) :START 0 :END 1 :LEN 1)
;                #S(XSUBSEQ:XSUBSEQ :DATA #(4 5 6) :START 2 :END 3 :LEN 1)))

(coerce-to-sequence
 (xnconc (xsubseq *data1* 0 1)
         (xsubseq *data2* 2)))
;=> #(1 6)

(with-xsubseqs (result)
  (xnconcf result (xsubseq *data1* 0 1))
  (xnconcf result (xsubseq *data2* 2)))
;=> #(1 6)

Installation

(ql:quickload :xsubseq)

Author

• Eitaro Fukamachi (e.arrows@gmail.com)

Copyright

Copyright (c) 2014 Eitaro Fukamachi (e.arrows@gmail.com)

License

Licensed under the BSD 2-Clause License.