Re: Array storage (was Re: RFC 84 (v1) Replace => (stringifying comma) with =>)

[Jarkko Hietaniemi]

> > > No, neither proposal makes sense. Arrays can be stored compactly and
> >
> > $a[1_000_000_000] = 'oh, really?' # :-)
> >
>   my int @a: sparse;

I see: you have a time machine and I don't.  So very unfair...

>   $a[1_000_000_000] = 'Yes, really!' # :P
> 
> OK, so I cheated... I haven't submitted my RFC for a 'sparse' attribute yet.
> My point is that arrays *can* be stored compactly, not that they always

I smell...n-level bitmaps?

> *are*. Another type of array storage is that required for lazily generated
> lists (see RFC 81)

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