Re: k, v

2005-09-24 Thread Juerd
Uri Guttman skribis 2005-09-24 10:37 (-0400): > huffman has its limits too. in general having single letter names for > anything is a poor idea. it makes it hard to search for, you limit it to > only one thing that can use that letter, it isn't always easy to > remember what a given letter is, etc.

Re: k, v

2005-09-24 Thread Uri Guttman
> "J" == Juerd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: J> Hashes are full of convenience, and Huffman would be proud: J> %hash.keys %hash>>.key J> %hash.values%hash>>.value J> %hash.kvzip(%hash.keys, %hash.values) J> One thing occurred to me: if hashes are worth al

k, v

2005-09-24 Thread Juerd
Hashes are full of convenience, and Huffman would be proud: %hash.keys %hash>>.key %hash.values%hash>>.value %hash.kvzip(%hash.keys, %hash.values) One thing occurred to me: if hashes are worth all this, then why not abbreviate "keys" further to "k" (as in "kv"), and "