[Original Issue link|https://support.ludiq.io/communities/5/topics/4952-2a10-memory-allocation-caused-by-array-to-list-conversion] - Opened by Lazlo. Has this already been addressed?

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The Bolt 1 design choices of automatic enumerable-to-list and enumerable-to-array conversions can easily lead to avoidable memory allocation in Bolt 2, as well as unclear indication that we are working on a copy of the original collection.

Solutions to consider:

Removing these conversions (which may break Bolt 1 legacy graphs)
Native support for array units (more work but proper solution)
Intermediary solution of casting arrays to IList<T> under the hood (maybe using an automatic conversion) and using those strongly typed methods directly, until we have native array support. This would imply exposing/adding IList<T> to the default types, which may add confusion for non-technical users.