[Python-Dev] Guarantee ordered dict literals in v3.7? (original) (raw)

Steven D'Aprano steve at pearwood.info
Tue Nov 7 02:39:24 EST 2017

On Tue, Nov 07, 2017 at 05:28:24PM +1000, Nick Coghlan wrote:

On 7 November 2017 at 16:21, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 06, 2017 at 08:05:07PM -0800, David Mertz wrote: >> Maybe OrderedDict can be >> rewritten to use the dict implementation. But the evidence that all >> implementations will always be fine with this restraint feels poor, > > I think you have a different definition of "poor" to me :-)

While I think "poor" is understating the case, I think "excellent" (which you use later on) is overstating it. My own characterisation would be "at least arguably good enough".

Fair enough, and thanks for elaborating.

-- Steve

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