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I noted that in C#, the following LINQ code:
```veryLargeList.Order().Take(10).ToList();```
Does a Quickselect/partial Quicksort to avoid having to sort the entire array.

Is there any chance that Kotlin Sequences can be optimized in the same way?
```veryLargeList.asSequence().sorted().take(10).toList()```


Currently, no, because it just returns an anonymous object. Theoretically, I don't see why there can't be a custom sequence subclass for it, and `take` can check for that and optimize it.
An alternative would be a `sorted(10)` method that specifically did quickselect

It’d be nice if something like this used a priority queue to heapify the elements so you only needed to sort the amount you request.

I am sometimes disappointed that Sequence methods just convert to a list sometimes. It kind of ruins the point of Sequences for me, but alas.

I mean since this is an implementation detail it could definitely be changed.