Indexer and Linked List.

[Geshishouhu]

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[Nestharus]

The differences between the two are everything. They have nothing to do with each other. It's like asking what the differences are between a house and a snowstorm.

 

[chobibo]

You could use both if you need to.

 

[Geshishouhu]

The differences between the two are everything. They have nothing to do with each other.

Sorry about that... -_- question deleted...

 

[Nestharus]

An indexer is something that takes an object and assigns a unique id to it. This id can normally fit into an array. It also handles the recycling of these ids. It will use an allocator and a deallocator for this purpose.

This is a queue implemented via a linked list

http://www.cs.usfca.edu/~galles/visualization/QueueLL.html



So one is a collection and the other isn't. The behavior between the two is different. The uses are different. Everything about them is different ^)^.



Now, if you were asking about an (I don't like this name, but this is what we call it here) indexed array, that is indeed a collection. An Indexed Array is nothing at all like an Indexer, the two have nothing to do with each other .

 

[Geshishouhu]

An indexer is something that takes an object and assigns a unique id to it. This id can normally fit into an array. It also handles the recycling of these ids. It will use an allocator and a deallocator for this purpose.

This is a queue implemented via a linked list

http://www.cs.usfca.edu/~galles/visualization/QueueLL.html



So one is a collection and the other isn't. The behavior between the two is different. The uses are different. Everything about them is different ^)^.



Now, if you were asking about an (I don't like this name, but this is what we call it here) indexed array, that is indeed a collection. An Indexed Array is nothing at all like an Indexer, the two have nothing to do with each other .

Thanks for the explanation even when my question is a dumb one.