[Python-Dev] The current dict is not an "OrderedDict" (original) (raw)
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On 7 November 2017 at 21:47, Chris Barker <chris.barker at noaa.gov> wrote:
On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 11:50 AM, Tim Peters <tim.peters at gmail.com> wrote:
Is it worth guaranteeing that will always "work" (as intended)? Not to me, but I do have code that relies on it now - This is critically important -- no one looks at the language spec to figure out how something works -- they try it, and if it works assume it will continue to work. if dict order is preserved in cPython , people WILL count on it!
I won't, and if people do and their code break, they'll have only themselves to blame. Also, what proof do you have of that besides anecdotal evidence ?
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