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To: Joel Jacobson <[email protected]>
To: Tomas Vondra <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: Do we want a hashset type?
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2023 06:51:21 -0400
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On 2023-05-31 We 11:40, Joel Jacobson wrote:
> On Wed, May 31, 2023, at 16:53, Tomas Vondra wrote:
>> I think this needs a better explanation - what exactly is a hashset in
>> this context? Something like an array with a hash for faster lookup of
>> unique elements, or what?
> In this context, by "hashset" I am indeed referring to a data structure similar
> to an array, where each element would be unique, and lookups would be faster
> than arrays for larger number of elements due to hash-based lookups.
Yeah, a fast lookup set type has long been on my "blue sky" wish list.
So +1 for pursuing the idea.
cheers
andrew
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