[Swift-devel] Associative arrays: foreach index issue.

[Yadu Nand]

Hi,

After discussing with Justin I used java.util.UUIDs as indices for
cases in which we need something close to appending the value
associated with a particular key.

Now,  array["key"]["!"] = 1 ; array["key"]["!"] = 2 ;
works alright, except for the part in which we use foreach to retrieve
the values as the index is actually a UUID casted to string.

Justin asked me to propose a way to fix this, including a new
associative array declaration syntax.

1. We may try using a different declaration style to denote non-int
     subscripts.
     int array [$] [$]   ( where $ represents strings )
2. Or simply modify the foreach syntax to accommodate string
     indices. Leaving the following style
     foreach value, string:index in array["key"] {
        // do work
     }

I can't think of anything simpler and which makes more meaning.
Please help!
Of the 2 I mentioned above, I think the 2nd method is the easiest
to implement.

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Thanks and Regards,
Yadu Nand B