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3 points by almkglor 5923 days ago | link | parent

Or use this instead: http://arclanguage.com/item?id=7365


1 point by rincewind 5923 days ago | link

the lookup time in alists is O(n). What about proto-tables? Is the key hashed again for lookup in every prototype?

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1 point by almkglor 5922 days ago | link

O(M) where M is the depth of the find, or the nested prototype depth if it's not found.

Yes, the key is rehashed.

But really, the point is that proto-tables are quite a bit easier to use: you still retain the table lookup syntax tb.key

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