NAME
Array::Frugal - Arrays that re-use deleted indices
SYNOPSIS
use Array::Frugal;
my $stash = new Array::Frugal;
$index = $stash->PUSH(34);
print $stash->FETCH($index); # prints 34;
$stash->DELETE($index); # $index can be re-used now
DESCRIPTION
Frugal as in memory use. Instead of continuing to count upwards toward MAXINT, when an element is deleted from a frugal array the index is available for re-use.
Currently new, PUSH, FETCH, STORE, and DELETE are all the methods that are defined, but this may become tieable in a future release.
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AUTHOR
david l nicol, <davidnico@cpan.org>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2005 by david l nicol
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.5 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.