Span<T> Memory<T> support linq

[grahamehorner]

It would be great if the Span Memory supported linq;

IMHO this would improve the developer experience when slicing/dicing
data while preventing heap allocations

[stephentoub]

while preventing heap allocations

It's quite rare to hear someone talk about using LINQ to avoid heap allocations. Can you clarify how that would work?

[grahamehorner]

I was thinking eg. a where, orderby could return a linked list of pointers to the readonly span/memory; but not sure if it possible ?

[stephentoub]

That would require allocations.

[stephentoub]

If someone wants to use LINQ with Memory<T>, they can do so via MemoryMarshal.ToEnumerable(). Given that, I'm going to close this. Thanks.

[NN---]

You can use eager computations for Span using LinqFaster https://github.com/jackmott/LinqFaster