Stefan Monnier writes: >> "dict-" is short. "Dictionary" is another well-known name for a mapping >> data structure. > > "dict-" is OK with me. It would be fine (short and meaningful), but I don't really like how it sounds. I know I'm being picky here... Thanks for the suggestions everyone, I'll think about this for a while. Cheers, Nico -- Nicolas Petton http://nicolas-petton.fr