On Wed, 2 Feb 2022, Igor Zhuravlov wrote:
1.2. Dictionary consists of keys and values. 1.2.1. A pair (key,value) is a mapping establishing structure. 1.2.2. A mapping from key to value is denoted as: {key -> value}.
Ordinary j arrays permit many keys. Rather than key -> value, they have key0 * key1 * key2 * ... -> value. I therefore think that, for consistency, maps should behave the same way.
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