Why are there no ordered dictionaries?

[Nicola Larosa]

> You asked "why not" rather than "has anyone done this anyway"; if
> you asked the latter of the Python Cookbook, you might find something
> like this:
> 
>     <URL:http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/107747>
> 
> A little old, and pre-dates subclassable native types, but quite
> serviceable.

Here's a more recent and tested one, by yours truly (and Michael Foord):

An Ordered Dictionary
http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/odict.html

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