Associative arrays

[Chris Piker]

On Tuesday, 18 May 2021 at 13:25:32 UTC, Paul Backus wrote:
> On Tuesday, 18 May 2021 at 09:14:46 UTC, Chris Piker wrote:
>> What would the library equivalent of this:
>>
>> ```d
>> long[string] aa = ["foo": 5, "bar": 10, "baz": 2000 ];
>> ```
>>
>> look like?
>
> Something like this, most likely:
>
> ```d
> auto aa = makeAA!(string, long)("foo", 5, "bar", 10, "baz", 
> 2000);
> ```

So if I understand correctly, the idea is to get rid of AAs and 
replace them with moral equivalent of a Java HashMap. I'm 
guessing this means array index and assignment would become 
something like:

```d
    value = aa(key);
    aa(key, value);
```
and AAs as a language construct would disappear. Or would the 
current syntax remain via CTFE?