/vqdr/trunk

namespace Utils {

  [Compact] // Using compact does not compile for some reason.

  public class NamedVector<T> {

    public T[] values;

    public string[] names;

    public delegate bool ForeachFunc<V> (string name, V val);

    public NamedVector (string n1, T v1,...) {

      // allocate temporary buffer

      var T_buf = new T[50];

      var N_buf = new string[50];

      T_buf[0] = v1;

      N_buf[0] = n1;

      var list = va_list ();

      var tmp_name = list.arg<string?> ();

      var tmp_val = list.arg<T?> ();

      size_t i = 1;

      while (tmp_name != null && tmp_val != null) {

        T_buf[i] = tmp_val; N_buf[i] = tmp_name;

        i++;

        tmp_name = list.arg<string?> ();

        tmp_val = list.arg<T?> ();

      }

      values = new T[i];

      names = new string[i];

      for (var j = 0; j < i; j++) {

        values[j] = T_buf[j];

        names[j] = N_buf[j];

      }

      assert (this.names != null);

      assert (this.values != null);

    }

    public Pair @get (int i) {

      var ret_val = new Pair<string, T> (this.names[i], this.values[i]);

      return ret_val;

    } 

    public void @foreach (ForeachFunc<T> funk) {

      for (var i = 0; i < values.length; i++) {

        if (!funk (names[i], values[i])) {

          break;

        }

      }

    }

  }

}