github.com/philpearl/symboltab@v1.1.4/README.md (about)

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     5  I've called this a "symbol table". It converts a string ID to an integer sequence number. The integers start at 1 and increase by 1 for each new unique string. The intention is to store a very large number of strings, so the library is light on GC. 
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     7  The idea behind the symbol table is to convert string IDs into integer IDs that can then be used for fast comparison and array/slice lookups