Questions tagged [lazy-initialization]
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Why isn't lazy evaluation used everywhere?
I've just learnt how lazy evaluation works and I was wondering: why isn't lazy evaluation applied in every software currently produced? Why still using eager evaluation?
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Is there a name for the counterpart of the lazy loading pattern?
Definition of the lazy loading pattern from Wikipedia: Lazy loading is a design pattern commonly used in computer programming to defer initialization of an object until the point at which it is ...
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Is it ever appropriate to lazy load properties?
Consider the following contrived program: class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { var myClass = new MyClass(); var stuff = myClass.MyProperty; // this takes 5 ...
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Lazy loading can lead to stale data, violates IoC?
Trying to be a better programmer I have an application that keeps track of Roles and Permissions, I had classes for Role and Permission which were just value objects. class Role { int RoleID ...
