On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 12:24 PM, Kyle Simpson <get...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Of course, if the WeakMap really was both weak-key and weak-value, then I'd
> absolutely expect the name to be WeakMap (I think "weak" in this case is a
> useful and non-trivial part of the behavior). So my complaint is not "Weak",
> but that "Weak" implies something more comprehensive than is actually the
> case. It over-promises and under-delivers, so to speak.
>

Ok, how about WeakishMap?  You would find it where you expected to look, and
the name would make you read the docs to see how it is different.

Mostly joking...   mostly.

-- 
John A. Tamplin
Software Engineer (GWT), Google
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