Keys order in dictionaries

[Ben Finney]

On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 01:26:16 +0200, Brainwashed wrote:
> Is there any order in dictionaries that will never change ?

No.  The specification for the built-in dictionary type specifically
disclaims any preservation of order, to allow the implementation of any
arbitrary dictionary algorithm, with different, unpredictable (to the
user) storage and retrieval orders.

You can get ordered dictionaries (see the Python cookbook article
already pointed to), but not by directly using the built-in dictionary
type.

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