On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 11:50 AM, Tim Peters <[email protected]> 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! And similarly, having order preserved only until a delete is going to cause bugs in people's code that are less than careful :-( -- and that's most of us. -CHB -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception [email protected]
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