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-rw-r--r--src/algebra/aggcat.spad.pamphlet4
-rw-r--r--src/algebra/list.spad.pamphlet4
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/algebra/aggcat.spad.pamphlet b/src/algebra/aggcat.spad.pamphlet
index 83667f77..576a5a24 100644
--- a/src/algebra/aggcat.spad.pamphlet
+++ b/src/algebra/aggcat.spad.pamphlet
@@ -2599,9 +2599,9 @@ import ListAggregate
++ searching for a key is a linear operation.
AssociationListAggregate(Key:SetCategory,Entry:SetCategory): Category ==
Join(TableAggregate(Key, Entry), ListAggregate Record(key:Key,entry:Entry)) with
- assoc: (Key, %) -> Union(Record(key:Key,entry:Entry), "failed")
+ assoc: (Key, %) -> Maybe Record(key:Key,entry:Entry)
++ assoc(k,u) returns the element x in association list u stored
- ++ with key k, or "failed" if u has no key k.
+ ++ with key k, or \spad{nothing} if u has no key k.
@
diff --git a/src/algebra/list.spad.pamphlet b/src/algebra/list.spad.pamphlet
index 9f0cc282..78cb7133 100644
--- a/src/algebra/list.spad.pamphlet
+++ b/src/algebra/list.spad.pamphlet
@@ -506,8 +506,8 @@ AssociationList(Key:SetCategory, Entry:SetCategory):
assoc(k, t) ==
for r in deref t repeat
- k = r.key => return r
- "failed"
+ k = r.key => return just r
+ nothing
setelt(t:%, k:Key, e:Entry) ==
(r := assoc(k, t)) case Pair => (r::Pair).entry := e