hi list,
just buildt an abstraction using orm finnendahl's marvellous maphash-external to get something like MAX's "coll".
it's called "mapx" and features some of coll's conveniences like the "merge", "nth", "sub"-messages etc. and can be downloaded here:
http://www.klingt.org/~oliver/pd/mapx.tgz
libraries ZEXY and GGEE are needed to use it, and of course "maphash" (i downloaded it from: icem-www.folkwang- hochschule.de/~finnendahl/pd.html). help patch is included.
curious for feedback...
oliver