26 Aug
2020
26 Aug
'20
8:56 p.m.
David Feuer wrote:
I'm looking to play around with an array-based structure with sub-linear worst-case bounds. Array is pretty awkward in that context because creating a new one takes O(n) time to initialize it. Is that all true of newByteArray, or can I get one with arbitrary garbage in it for cheap?
newByteArray# does not actively clear memory. However, for large arrays, I think the memory is likely to be freshly allocated from the OS, and the OS will have cleared it for security reasons. Cheers, Bertram