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From: Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid>
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Subject: Re: [JLS] new long[0][ -1 ]
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On Mon, 27 Jul 2015 22:10:41 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

> But I think it has to be bundled with another feature: the use of other
> types than int as array indexes.
>
I suppose you're thinking of the sort of flexibility offered by awk or 
Perl? IME you can achieve the same in Java by using TreeMap or HashMap, 
the choice probably depending on whether you need ordered access to the 
array elements.


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