Dan Sugalski wrote:
> At 05:55 PM 8/15/00 -0500, Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote:
> > > > > 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...
>
> Need to upgrade to that new machine with the Pentium UltraMegaPro IV 2000
> processor. (Now with thiotimoline! :)
>
> > > $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?
>
> Nah, you smell vapor. The shapes in the vapor may well be n-level bitmaps,
> though. (Or possibly hashes with fixed keys optimized for integer key
> hashing for *real* sparse arrays...)
>
The shape and feel of the vapor will be described in the RFC. The actual
chemical makeup of the vapor will not.
