How come reduce() doesn't work on empty collection...
# stdlibd
Dias
05/21/2019, 4:46 PMHow come reduce() doesn't work on empty collections? Shouldn't it just return seed value?
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Shawn
05/21/2019, 4:47 PMhow would that work? reduce on a
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trevjones
05/21/2019, 4:49 PMshould return the seed value of the reduce
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Dias
05/21/2019, 4:50 PMyeah, brainfarted, I meant seed value
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trevjones
05/21/2019, 4:50 PMlooks like they just prohibit it, perhaps a semantic thing
trevjones
05/21/2019, 4:50 PMuse fold instead I guess
trevjones
05/21/2019, 4:50 PMit takes a seed unlike reduce
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Shawn
05/21/2019, 4:51 PMlol yeah, there isn’t a seed value to return with reduce
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trevjones
05/21/2019, 4:52 PMyup realized my error right after I said it
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Dias
05/21/2019, 4:53 PMyeah, ok I completely brainfarted
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