2009/7/24 Ali Sabil <ali.sa...@gmail.com>: > On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 10:32 AM, Didier "Ptitjes"<ptit...@free.fr> wrote: >> >> Please comment and argue ;) > > Could you please explain the rationale behind this change ? What would > be the benefit from turning a Map into a collection of Pair ?
Efficient iteration over all the Map's elements. Otherwise you'd have to retrieve a collection of keys and lookup corresponding value for every single one of them. > Also > what is the exact benefit from deviating from what other widespread > class libraries use for their containers ? > Define "widespread class libraries" and "deviation". If you mean Map becoming Collection, .NET framework uses this approach for years and I don't hear anyone complaining. _______________________________________________ Vala-list mailing list Vala-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/vala-list
