What is my name?

whatIsMyName.scala

scala>   def whatIsMyName[A,B](map: Map[A, Seq[B]]): List[(A, B)] = 
     |     map.map { case (k, v) => v.map(k -> _) }.flatten.toList
whatIsMyName: [A, B](map: Map[A,Seq[B]])List[(A, B)]

scala> whatIsMyName(Map('a -> Seq(1,2), 'b -> Seq(3,4)))
res0: List[(Symbol, Int)] = List(('a,1), ('a,2), ('b,3), ('b,4))

You can rewrite it as def whatIsMyName[A,B](map: Map[A, Seq[B]]): List[(A, B)] = map.flatMap{ case (k, v) => v.map(k -> _) }.toList

@folone one step closer to divine purity. 😉

... but the question still remains: What is its name?

@folone JFYI your suggestion would change the behavior to:

scala> def whatIsMyName2[A,B](map: Map[A, Seq[B]]): List[(A, B)] =
     | map.flatMap { case (k, v) => v.map(k -> _) }.toList
whatIsMyName2: [A, B](map: Map[A,Seq[B]])List[(A, B)]

scala> whatIsMyName2(Map('a -> Seq(1,2), 'b -> Seq(3,4)))
res2: List[(Symbol, Int)] = List(('a,2), ('b,4))