does iter need of_seq

[nilsbecker]

to allow conversion from the stdlib generator?

[Drup]

Well, sure, but you need inversion of control (like algebraic effects or delimcc) to write such a function, and it's terribly slow.

It's one of those function that, when you need it, you probably should figure out a way not to. :)

[c-cube]

of_seq is easy, it's to_seq that'd be hard.

[Drup]

Oh, I misread! Yes, of_seq is easy and pretty useful, I suppose. Although in most cases it's better to cut off the middlemen.

[nilsbecker]

hm. in the current context i was using gen and Iter.of_gen before and was moving from gen to Stdlib.Seq. i then noticed that there is no equivalent of_seq. in the meantime i figured out how to do it with OSeq.iter. i did not really think about efficiency at all at the moment. am i doing it wrong^TM ?