I'm not sure if "reciprocal" is the right word, or if there is an official term 
for this.

I am thinking of a list that actively maintains in its items a member that 
contains the item's own index in the list.  Basically, the item knows its index 
into the list and the list ensures that the index remains in sync.  If the list 
is changed, the list updates the indices.  This is a the that might be useful 
in implementing observer pattern.



I guess I am questioning if there's a well-known package that does anything 
like this?  I don't know what the official computer science term might be for 
this so I'm having trouble googling for it.  I don't need this kind of thing a 
lot, but to me it has the feel of something that should be already available 
somewhere.


Carl Banks
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