 
 HELP: cache
 { $values { "key" "a key" } { "assoc" assoc } { "quot" { $quotation "( key -- value )" } } { "value" "a previously-retained or freshly-computed value" } }
-{ $description "If the key is present in the assoc, outputs the associated value, otherwise calls the quotation to produce a value and stores the key/value pair into the assoc." }
+{ $description "If the key is present in the assoc, outputs the associated value, otherwise calls the quotation to produce a value and stores the key/value pair into the assoc. Returns a value either looked up or newly stored in the assoc." }
+{ $side-effects "assoc" } ;
+
+HELP: 2cache
+{ $values { "key1" "a key" } { "key2" "a key" } { "assoc" assoc } { "quot" { $quotation "( key -- value )" } } { "value" "a previously-retained or freshly-computed value" } }
+{ $description "If a single key composed of the input keys is present in the assoc, outputs the associated value, otherwise calls the quotation to produce a value and stores the keys/value pair into the assoc. Returns the value stored in the assoc. Returns a value either looked up or newly stored in the assoc." }
 { $side-effects "assoc" } ;
 
 HELP: map>assoc


{ assoc-filter assoc-filter-as } related-words

HELP: assoc-any?
{ $values { "assoc" assoc } { "quot" { $quotation "( key value -- ? )" } } { "?" "a boolean" } }
{ $description "Tests if the assoc contains an entry satisfying a predicate by applying the quotation to each entry in turn. Iteration stops if an entry is found for which the quotation outputs a true value." } ;

"Additional combinators:"
{ $subsection assoc-partition }
{ $subsection cache }
{ $subsection 2cache }
{ $subsection map>assoc }
{ $subsection assoc>map }
{ $subsection assoc-map-as } ;
