(define sum 0)
(define (accum x)
(set! sum (+ x sum))
sum)
;1: (define seq (stream-map accum (stream-enumerate-interval 1 20)))
;2: (define y (stream-filter even? seq))
;3: (define z (stream-filter (lambda (x) (= (remainder x 5) 0))
; seq))
;4: (stream-ref y 7)
;5: (display-stream z)
Step 1:
;1: ==> (cons-stream 1 (stream-map proc (stream-cdr s)) (Assume stream-cdr is evaluated only when we force the cdr of this stream)
sum is now 1
Step 2:
1 is not even, hence (also memoized so not added again), it calls (stream-filter pred (stream-cdr stream)).
This leads to
evaluation of cdr hence materializing 2 which is even, hence it should call: (cons-stream 2 (stream-cdr stream)).
According to this answer should be 1+2 = 3 , but it is 6
Can someone help with why the cdr's car is materialized before the current cdr is called?
Using Daniel P. Friedman's memoizing tail
#lang r5rs
(define-syntax cons-stream
(syntax-rules ()
((_ h t) (cons h (lambda () t)))))
(define (stream-cdr s)
(if (and (not (pair? (cdr s)))
(not (null? (cdr s))))
(set-cdr! s ((cdr s))))
(cdr s))
we observe:
> sum
0
> (define seq (stream-map accum (stream-enumerate-interval 1 20)))
> sum
1
> seq
(mcons 1 #<procedure:friedmans-tail.rkt:21:26>)
> (define y (stream-filter even? seq))
> sum
6
> seq
(mcons
1
(mcons
3
(mcons 6 #<procedure:friedmans-tail.rkt:21:26>)))
> y
(mcons 6 #<procedure:friedmans-tail.rkt:21:26>)
>
stream-filter? needs to get to the first element of the stream it is constructing in order to construct it. A stream has its head element already forced, calculated, so it must be already present.
In the list of accumulated sums of the enumerated interval from 1 to 20, the first even number is 6:
1 = 1
1+2 = 3
1+2+3 = 6
...
Run in Racket.
To see more, name the enumerating sequence as well: (define nums (stream-enumerate-interval 1 20)), (define seq (stream-map accum nums)), and inspect nums as well as seq etc., while trying the expressions one by one.