concepts/
efun/
SYNOPSIS
	mixed *order_alist(mixed *keys, mixed *|void data, ...)

DESCRIPTION
	Creates an alist.

	Either takes an array containing keys, and others containing
	the associated data, where all arrays are to be of the same
	length, or takes a single array that contains as first member
	the array of keys and has an arbitrary number of other members
	containing data, each of wich has to be of the same length as
	the key array. Returns an array holding the sorted key array
	and the data arrays; the same permutation that is applied to
	the key array is applied to all data arrays.

	Complexity is O( n * lg(n) * m ) , where n is the number of
	elements in the key array and m is the number of data arrays +
	1; 

	Note that the the dimensions of the arrays are used the other
	way than in lisp to allow for faster searching.

	Keys have to be of type integer, string or object. Types can
	be mixed. 

SEE ALSO
	alists(LPC), mappings(LPC), insert_alist(E), assoc(E),
	transpose_array(E)