Hi, At work I've had a few conversations about treating files, especially large ones, as seqs of lines. In particular, the apparent conflict between using clojure.core/with-open to ensure a file is closed appropriately, and clojure.core/line-seq as a generic sequence of lines which may be consumed by code that has no idea it's coming from a file. I've been told [1] that C# solves this problem because the IEnumerator interface is disposable so it's possible to clean up the underlying file, even if it's been wrapped in several layers of enumerators... and that since Clojure doesn't do this, it's flawed :)
Thoughs? I'm aware of the "custom seq that closes the file when the end is reached" hack, but that doesn't seem very satisfying. How do others process large files in Clojure? Just make sure that the sequence is totally consumed within with-open? Just don't worry about closing files? Cheers, Dave [1] My C# experience is limited to a few days of writing example code for the C# bindings of a product's API. :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
