My apologies on replying to myself. Am I right in thinking that the hash table you're thinking of is also known as a map? A map seems to bear the closest resemblance (near perfect) to the associative array you've described.
Andrew On 8/15/07, Andrew Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There's a line in the Tao of Programming about the dangers of > premature optimization. Seeing your proposed file format compared to > the several I've played with, I think I may have fallen into said > trap. Or I might still be shaking off some brain damage left over from > having to learn COBOL in college. I'll work on implementing your > design, starting with how hash tables work in C++. Thanks. > > Andrew > _______________________________________________ Adonthell-devel mailing list Adonthell-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/adonthell-devel