Perfect hash in Scala.
- by Lukasz Lew
I have some class C:
class C (...) { ... }
I want to use it to index an efficient map. The most efficient map is an Array.
So I add a "global" "static" counter in companion object to give each object unique id:
object C {
var id_counter = 0
}
In primary constructor of C, with each creation of C I want to
remember global counter value and increase it.
Question 1: How to do it?
Now I can use id in C objects as perfect hash to index array.
But array does not preserve type information like map would, that a given array is indexed by C's id.
Question 2: Is it possible to have it with type safety?