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kazinator on Nov 19, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Go 1.21 may have a clear(x) builtin

> Yes, why would you ever want a map with floating point keys?

One possible answer: you're in Javascript or something similar. You wanted integer keys, but all you have is floating-point numbers.

metadat on Nov 19, 2022 [–]

Or.. convert the integers to string form and use that. Wacky nonsense situation averted.

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