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+! Copyright (C) 2008 Doug Coleman.
+! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
+USING: help.markup help.syntax io.streams.string ;
+IN: assoc-deques
+
+HELP: <assoc-deque>
+{ $description "Constructs a new " { $link assoc-deque } " from two existing data structures." } ;
+
+HELP: <unique-max-heap>
+{ $values
+    
+     { "unique-heap" assoc-deque } }
+{ $description "Creates a new " { $link assoc-deque } " where the assoc is a hashtable and the deque is a max-heap." } ;
+
+HELP: <unique-min-heap>
+{ $values
+    
+     { "unique-heap" assoc-deque } }
+{ $description "Creates a new " { $link assoc-deque } " where the assoc is a hashtable and the deque is a min-heap." } ;
+
+HELP: assoc-deque
+{ $description "A data structure containing an assoc and a deque to get certain properties with better time constraints at the expense of more space and complexity. For instance, a hashtable and a heap can be combined into one assoc-deque to get a sorted data structure with O(1) lookup. Operations on assoc-deques should update both the assoc and the deque." } ;
+
+ARTICLE: "assoc-deques" "Associative deques"
+"The " { $vocab-link "assoc-deques" } " vocabulary combines exists to synthesize data structures with better time properties than either of the two component data structures alone." $nl
+"Associative deque constructor:"
+{ $subsection <assoc-deque> }
+"Unique heaps:"
+{ $subsection <unique-min-heap> }
+{ $subsection <unique-max-heap> } ;
+
+ABOUT: "assoc-deques"
diff --git a/extra/assoc-deques/assoc-deques-tests.factor b/extra/assoc-deques/assoc-deques-tests.factor
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+! Copyright (C) 2008 Doug Coleman.
+! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
+USING: tools.test assoc-deques ;
+IN: assoc-deques.tests
diff --git a/extra/assoc-deques/assoc-deques.factor b/extra/assoc-deques/assoc-deques.factor
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+! Copyright (C) 2008 Doug Coleman.
+! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
+USING: accessors assocs deques hashtables heaps kernel ;
+IN: assoc-deques
+
+TUPLE: assoc-deque assoc deque ;
+
+C: <assoc-deque> assoc-deque
+
+: <unique-min-heap> ( -- unique-heap )
+    H{ } clone <min-heap> <assoc-deque> ;
+
+: <unique-max-heap> ( -- unique-heap )
+    H{ } clone <max-heap> <assoc-deque> ;
+
+M: assoc-deque heap-push* ( value key assoc-deque -- entry )
+    pick over assoc>> key? [
+        3drop f
+    ] [
+        [ assoc>> swapd set-at ] [ deque>> heap-push* ] 3bi
+    ] if ;
+
+M: assoc-deque heap-pop ( assoc-deque -- value key )
+    [ deque>> heap-pop ] keep
+    [ over ] dip assoc>> delete-at ;
+
+M: assoc-deque heap-peek ( assoc-deque -- value key )
+    deque>> heap-peek ;
+
+M: assoc-deque heap-empty? ( assoc-deque -- value key )
+    deque>> heap-empty? ;
diff --git a/extra/assoc-deques/authors.txt b/extra/assoc-deques/authors.txt
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+Doug Coleman
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