GNU Smalltalk Library Reference: Dictionary

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1.64 Dictionary

Defined in namespace Smalltalk

Superclass: HashedCollection

Category: Collections-Keyed

I implement a dictionary, which is an object that is indexed by unique objects (typcially instances of Symbol), and associates another object with that index. I use the equality operator = to determine equality of indices.

In almost all places where you would use a plain Dictionary, a LookupTable would be more efficient; see LookupTable’s comment before you use it. I do have a couple of special features that are useful in certain special cases.

• Dictionary class-instance creation: (class)

• Dictionary-accessing: (instance)

• Dictionary-awful ST-80 compatibility hacks: (instance)

• Dictionary-compilation: (instance)

• Dictionary-dictionary enumerating: (instance)

• Dictionary-dictionary removing: (instance)

• Dictionary-dictionary testing: (instance)

• Dictionary-namespace protocol: (instance)

• Dictionary-printing: (instance)

• Dictionary-rehashing: (instance)

• Dictionary-removing: (instance)

• Dictionary-storing: (instance)

• Dictionary-testing: (instance)