@John McFarlane For background:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slab_allocation This is what the colony
reminded me of. A special case allocator where all available slots are the
same size and allocated in separate blocks. Typical implementations use a
free list to find unoccupied slots.

Honestly, "slab_allocator<T>" wouldn't be a bad name IMO, except that it
doesn't communicate you can do things like iterate over live entries (not
that "colony" does either).

On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 1:08 PM John McFarlane via SG14 <
sg14_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Lot is a shorter word for allotment. To allot
> <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/allot>is to...
>
> 1. (transitive
> <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive>) To
> distribute <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/distribute> or apportion
> <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apportion> by (or as if by) lot
> <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lot>.
> 2. (transitive
> <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive>) To
> assign <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/assign> or designate
> <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/designate> as a task
> <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/task> or for a purpose
> <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/purpose>.
>
>
> IIRC, someone once pointed out that colony is -- or almost is -- an
> allocator. Any ground near there we haven't covered?
>
> On Mon, 8 Feb 2021 at 20:00, Ben Craig via SG14 <sg14_at_[hidden]>
> wrote:
>
>> I like the analogy of this data structure to a parking lot quite a bit,
>> and will likely use it while teaching the data structure.
>>
>>
>>
>> I’m not sure I like using the term ‘lot’ in speech. Maybe `garage` or
>> `park`?
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>> <begin not serious suggestion>
>>
>> Instead of speaking about where to put a Car, we could speak of where to
>> put other things that have a similar layout. Perhaps a place that holds
>> animals? Then we could have a durable place to put horses. A
>> stable_stable.
>>
>> <end not serious suggestion>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* SG14 <sg14-bounces_at_[hidden]> *On Behalf Of *Kim Nilsson
>> via SG14
>> *Sent:* Monday, February 8, 2021 1:48 PM
>> *To:* sg14_at_[hidden]
>> *Cc:* Kim Nilsson <nilekurt_at_[hidden]>
>> *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] Re: [SG14] std::colony name brainstorming
>>
>>
>>
>> In the interest of brevity, may I suggest std::lot ? A std::lot<Car>
>> seems to convey what a parking lot is.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Kim Nilsson
>>
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