> > idea I would be VERY interested.
> Sorry if I'm a bit behind here, but whats wrong with using a hash table that
> uses the routing key as the hash, and then just check previous and next hash
> entry for closeness?
Because hash entries inherently do not order their elements.  Besides, the
problem with finding closeness in <O(n) time is that the metric for
closeness isn't always numerical (it is currently, but may not be for
things like searching).

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