Re: map.el and naming

[Nic Ferrier]

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> bburns.km writes:
>
>> assoc would make sense, as it's for an associative array data type, though it
>> might be a bit confusing as it's also the name of a function. 
>>
>> From the definition,
>>
>> | A map (aka associative array, dictionary, symbol table) is an abstract
>> data type composed of a collection of (key, value) pairs, such that each
>> possible key appears at most once in the collection. 
>>
>> another possibility would be kv.el, for key-value - e.g. you sometimes hear
>> them referred to as key-value stores. Then kv-map, kv-keys, kv-values, etc.
>> Or keyvalue.el, then keyvalue-map, keyvalue-keys, etc.
>
> I thought about that, but assoc.el and kv.el already exist.

Why don't you send PRs to kv then?

I'd be happy to put kv into elpa as well as marmalade.


Nic