On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 8:46 AM, Tamas Papp <tkp...@gmail.com> wrote: > find_string(table::Dict, string) = get!(table, string, string) > > table = Dict() > > a1 = find_string(table, "a") > a2 = find_string(table, "a") # called w/ different string, will return > first one > a1 === a2 # true, same string > > Maybe you could also use a Set, but I don't know how to get the elements > that matches, not just test for it with `in`.
Maybe `Set` should have a `getindex` function? -erik > Best, > > Tamas > > On Fri, Apr 22 2016, Lyndon White wrote: > >> @Tamas thanks >> Can you clarify a Dict of strings to what? Ints? >> Loose a lot of interpretablity that way. >> >> >> On Friday, 22 April 2016 19:08:11 UTC+8, Tamas Papp wrote: >>> >>> I would be more concerned about style than speed -- symbols as strings >>> is an ancient Lisp technique in NLP, but IMO a Dict of strings would be >>> better style. >>> >>> >>> > -- Erik Schnetter <schnet...@gmail.com> http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/personal/eschnetter/
