Re: Src question

[Matthew Flatt <mflatt@cs.utah.edu>]

Quoting Robert Bruce Findler:
> Quoting Matthew Flatt:
> > For those who want a longer explanation:
> > 
> > MzScheme "inlines" references of the elements of a vector in the base
> > record (which contains the type tag and vector size), instead of
> > allocating a separate array of references.
> 
> So does that mean that a vector assignment can potentially involve a
> copy of the vector? Perhaps you "deinline" on an assignment sometimes?

No.

I was careful to say "inling *references* to objects" instead of
"inlining objects".

Matthew