Dear all,

I had an idea about a data structure that realises a string-to-something map functionality but is not a usual (hash-)map. After implementing it in Python, I could get some first proves that it's faster than a map - the sizes of the respective structures still have to be compared.

But: I am not working on data structures and/or algorithms. I do not even know whether something like this is already described in scientific literature or not. Where can I find some more information about this topic or someone who works on this? Good keywords or names of data structures/algorithms that realise similar functionality would be enough.

Sincerely,

Daniel