hashed array?

[bearophile]

monarch_dodra:

> Well, I don't see why AA would be built-in, but not set.

It's generally wise to minimize the amount of stuff you put in 
the D front end or in the D runtime.


> so if we take the time to implement AA, why not hashed sets?
>
> The advantage of having it built-in would mean more convenient 
> declaration syntax:
> int[string] vs AA!(string, int) // string => int
> [string] vs Set!(string) //set of string

The situation is not fully symmetrical: associative arrays fully 
defined in Phobos have bad literals.

Bye,
bearophile