>> Is there a good way to make a map case-insensitive for string keys? I >> first thought just wrapping some function around it would be it, but >> when I try it, it is really a bit more involved. Has anyone done this, >> or is there a recommended way? > > Do you want real case-insensitivity (i.e., you preserve the case of some > item in the map), or just down-casing? > > To do that you need to alter the hashing and equality functions of the map.
Yes, good point. I think the reasonable thing to do is downcasing for my application. > I have a Java implementation of a DowncaseMap which downcases String keys > (and thus avoids specifying the hash function), but obviously the output is > lowercase. I'm happy to share. Thanks for the offer :) But I don't really want to resort to Java. I was hoping for something transparant, but I realize now the implications. Florian -- Florian Ebeling florian.ebel...@gmail.com
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