change of random state when pyc created??

Alan Isaac aisaac at american.edu
Thu May 10 09:28:30 EDT 2007


>> Alan Isaac requested:
>> http://docs.python.org/lib/typesmapping.html: to footnote (3), add phrase
>> http://docs.python.org/lib/types-set.html: append a new sentence to 2nd
paragraph


"Hamilton, William " <whamil1 at entergy.com> wrote in message
news:mailman.7519.1178802108.32031.python-list at python.org...
> "Keys and values are listed in an arbitrary order.  This order is
> non-random, varies across Python implementations, and depends on the
> dictionary's history of insertions and deletions as well as factors
outside
> the scope of the containing program."

> "Iteration over a set returns elements in an arbitrary order, which may
> depend on factors outside the scope of the containing program."


I think this is good and might have clued me in.
At least I'd have had a fighting chance this way.

Alan Isaac





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