Replace pair_list with hash table

.codecov.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ coverage:
   status:
     patch:
       runtime:
-        target: 100%
+        target: 95%
         flags:
         - pytest
       typing:
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ coverage:
         - pytest
         paths:
         - multidict/
-        target: 100%
+        target: 95%
       tests:
         flags:
         - pytest

CHANGES/1128.feature

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Replace internal implementation from an array of items to hash table.
+algorithmic complexity for lookups is switched from O(N) to O(1).
+
+The hash table is very similar to :class:`dict` from CPython but it allows keys duplication.
+
+The benchmark shows 25-50% boost for single lookups, x2-x3 for bulk updates, and x20 for
+some multidict view operations.  The gain is not for free:
+:class:`~multidict.MultiDict.add` and :class:`~multidict.MultiDict.extend` are 25-50%
+slower now. We consider it as acceptable because the lookup is much more common
+operation that addition for the library domain.