On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 12:26:24PM -0800, Larry Palmiter wrote: > Hi David, > > Joel has already given an excellent overview of using the hash! datatype. I > just want to mention an additional issue with the hash! type. > > AFAIK, Only strings and integers are hashed to provide fast search. So for a > block which contains consecutive key-value pairs, converting the block to a > hash will be a benefit only when the keys are either integers or strings. > Does anyone know if other REBOL datatypes can be hashed?
string, issue, binary, image, file, email, url, tag, word, set-word, get-word, lit-word, refinement, logic, integer, char, decimal, money, time, date, tuple, pair, object. A lot more than just integers and strings :). -- Holger Kruse [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.
