Re: How to use associative arrays in Ada 2005?

[Matthew Heaney <mheaney@on2.com>]

Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> 
> ... asymptotically under certain conditions, which might be or not met in a
> real case.

Now you're just moving the goalposts.  Again.

The only issue at hand is whether the standard container library can 
solve the OP's problem.  The answer is emphatically yes.

Tangential discussions of relative efficiency of maps compared to arrays 
are little more than a Chewbacca Defense...


> 3. You don't mention memory, for a good reason. Hashes are known space
> eaters. And you have n**2 of them!

Yes, Dimitry.  And cars consume more gasoline than bicycles...


> This might be obvious for Ada programmers, but people coming with
> the background in other languages tend to think in terms of implementation.

The Ada 2005 standard container library is not substantively different 
from the C++ standard container library.