Method code for $list.compress()

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arg list;
var x;

// [a,a,b,b,c,c,d,d] => [a,b,c,d]
// removes duplicate entries in a list
return hash x in (list) to ([x, 1]).keys();

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// Created 27-Mar-1995 as a part of ColdCore, see: @help Credit