Talk:List of data structures

message: # Bitmaps
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WHY?
Shouldn't it be bit array??? Visame (talk) 16:47, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: WHY BITMAP is considered as a data structure

message: The way this page is currently layed out is inconsistent and rather confusing.  Many of the data structures listed could fit easily in more than one place.  For example, heaps are a type of priority queue, and binary search trees are a type of associative array.  I suggest this page be reorganized so that the top-level heading are abstract data types and underneath are all of the concrete data structures that implement the abstract data type.  A "Miscellaneous" top-level category would house any unique concrete data structures.   Thoughts?
: Does that mean that an entry may occur under more than one abstract data type? -Pgan002 (talk) 03:49, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Organization 

message: Are tables are really useful here? I think plain list with some more subsections would be better here. Andreas Kaufmann (talk) 08:15, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Layout of the article 

message: Date, or DateTime, should be mentioned, perhaps in a new section that includes String, as perhaps a "possibly primitive (depending upon the programing language)" type.
However I know part of the reason why it is not yet included is that there doesn't seem to be an article for Date (datatype), DateTime (datatype) or similar. Mark Hurd (talk) 04:43, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: In which languages is it a primitive type? I think normally it would be just a record/object, not a primitive type built into the language. -- X7q (talk) 06:38, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

text: It is effectively (although not quite completely) a primitive of .NET Framework-based languages. And VB6 hid the fact that it was effectively a Double. Mark Hurd (talk) 13:50, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

text: It is also a primitive type of any SQL dialect. Fabian Pijcke (talk) 05:48, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date not mentioned 

message: I suggest that "Data structures" redirect here and not to "Data structure"  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.139.71.50 (talk) 06:50, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirection 

message: hello
I don't know why the data types, and the primitive data type are listed on a list that is called "list of data structures".
won't it be clear if there were and introduction explaining why they are included in this list?
I can't understand why "data types" and "primitive data types", that are not related to "data structures" in their definition, are listed as data structures.
see: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primitive_data_type
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_type
I can't give sugestions because I don't understand much of this.
thank you  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elcarlis54 (talk • contribs) 16:09, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Are the primitive types data structures? 

message: Records are discussed but I would have thought that tables warrant a mention too?  A simple table implementation would be a list of (pointers to) records.  Alternatively, if tables do not fall under the rubric of data structures, then this should be pointed out somewhere in the article with reasons.  HTH.  RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 14:56, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tables should be mentioned? 

message: Hello,
I am confused why "Trie" is not under the "Tree" category?
Because in the Trie it is said that: 
In computer science, a trie, also called digital tree or prefix tree, is a type of search tree, a tree data structure used for locating specific keys from within a set.
Thanks  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nurgasemetey (talk • contribs) 20:40, 10 July 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Note to any other readers: it looks like this was (at some point) fixed. Caleb Stanford (talk) 17:00, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why Trie is not under the Tree category? 

message: Why is the Python 3 standard type hierarchy depicted at the top of this page?
The page has very little to do with Python's classification of data types. Caleb Stanford (talk) 16:58, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: removed per WP:BOLD, further discussion welcome! Caleb Stanford (talk) 16:59, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  python picture? 

message: The list is definitely ordered. why would this be dubious? Jasdasra (talk) 00:13, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I came here looking for the answer to this question, as I'm fairly certain that this is NOT dubious. 2001:67C:10EC:574F:8000:0:0:36 (talk) 16:26, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  List is ordered. why dubious? 

message: Due to the ambiguity between informal and formal definitions, having an inclusive list of structures and types would make more sense. Jasdasra (talk) 00:43, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title change, list of data structures and types 

message: Quoting the article:
> This order is usually determined by the order in which the elements are added to the structure
In PHP, that applies to associative arrays as well. In fact, in PHP, lists are plain associative arrays with an unmanaged/auto-incrementing index. Uuf6429 (talk) 23:49, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Associative array order