Static associative arrays?

[Serg Kovrov]

Gregor Richards wrote:
> It would be nice to have a static associative array syntax analogous to 
> the static array syntax. Something like this perhaps:
> 
> char[][char[]] a = [ "a" : "Apple", "b" : "Banana", "c" : "Cantelope", 
> ... ];
> 
> This syntax is unambiguous (though admittedly complex) even for 
> arbitrarily complex AAs:
> 
> char[int][char[][char[]]] a = [ [ "a" : "b", "c" : "d" ] : [ 0 : 'e', 1 
> : 'f' ] ];
> 
> It also has the added advantage of being similar to the static struct 
> syntax.

Yep, what we need, is sort of 'AA Literals' which can be used to 
initialize either static or dynamic associative array.

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serg.