dictionary method question

[Michael Hudson]

"Raymond Hettinger" <python at rcn.com> writes:

> A resize operation will reorder the keys.  Because resize removes
> dummy entries for previously deleted items, the order may change
> even if the contents of the dictionary remain the same.

But you can't trigger a resize without modifying the dictionary (well,
before 2.2 assigning to a key already in the dictionary could trigger
a resize but that was accidental).

Relavent?  Nope.

Cheers,
M.

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