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IN: biassocs
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USING: help.markup help.syntax assocs kernel ;
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HELP: biassoc
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{ $class-description "The class of bidirectional assocs. Bidirectional assoc are implemented by combining two assocs, with one the transpose of the other." } ;
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HELP: <biassoc>
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{ $values { "exemplar" assoc } { "biassoc" biassoc } }
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{ $description "Creates a new biassoc using a new assoc of the same type as " { $snippet "exemplar" } " for underlying storage." } ;
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HELP: <bihash>
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{ $values { "biassoc" biassoc } }
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{ $description "Creates a new biassoc using a pair of hashtables for underlying storage." } ;
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HELP: once-at
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{ $values { "value" object } { "key" object } { "assoc" assoc } }
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{ $description "If the assoc does not contain the given key, adds the key/value pair to the assoc, otherwise does nothing." } ;
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HELP: >biassoc
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{ $values { "assoc" assoc } { "biassoc" biassoc } }
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{ $description "Constructs a new biassoc with the same key/value pairs as the given assoc." } ;
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ARTICLE: "biassocs" "Bidirectional assocs"
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"A " { $emphasis "bidirectional assoc" } " combines a pair of assocs to form a data structure where both normal assoc operations (eg, " { $link at } "), as well as " { $link "assocs-values" } " (eg, " { $link value-at } ") run in sub-linear time."
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$nl
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"Bidirectional assocs implement the entire " { $link "assocs-protocol" } " with the exception of " { $link delete-at } ". Duplicate values are allowed, however value lookups with " { $link value-at } " only return the first key that a given value was stored with."
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$nl
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"The class of biassocs:"
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{ $subsections
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    biassoc
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    biassoc?
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}
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"Creating new biassocs:"
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{ $subsections
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    <biassoc>
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    <bihash>
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}
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"Converting existing assocs to biassocs:"
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{ $subsections >biassoc } ;
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ABOUT: "biassocs"
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