17 Jul
2012
17 Jul
'12
7:13 a.m.
Hi, In my work I have repeatedly had the need to create a sorted array in which I can insert/lookup from using a key. This is like a map except that it uses an array. The contention is that in some cases, it is faster to insert/remove from a sorted array rather than traversing a tree (the underlying data structure for a map) which involves pointer de-referencing. I would like to call the class linear_map. Looking forward to feedback from everyone. Many thanks, - Amir