swift-mirror/stdlib/core/LazySequence.swift

//===--- LazySequence.swift -----------------------------------------------===//
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/// A sequence that forwards its implementation to an underlying
/// sequence instance while exposing lazy computations as methods.
public
struct LazySequence<S: SequenceType> : SequenceType {
  /// Construct an instance with `base` as its underlying sequence
  /// instance.
  public init(_ base: S) {
    self._base = base
  }

  /// Return a *generator* over the elements of this *sequence*.
  ///
  /// Complexity: O(1)
  public func generate() -> S.Generator {
    return self._base.generate()
  }

  /// an Array, created on-demand, containing the elements of this
  /// lazy SequenceType.
  public var array: [S.Generator.Element] {
    return Array(_base)
  }

  var _base: S
}

/// Augment `s` with lazy methods such as `map`, `filter`, etc.
public
func lazy<S: SequenceType>(s: S) -> LazySequence<S> {
  return LazySequence(s)
}