Testing list sequence question

[Thomas Passin]

On 3/4/2023 11:38 AM, Gabor Urban wrote:
>   Hi guys,
> 
> I have a strange problem that I do not understand. I am testing function
> which returns a dictionary. The code should ensure that the keys of the
> dictionary are generated in a given order.
> 
> I am testing the function with the standard unittest module and use the
> assertListEqual statement to verify the sequence. Sometimes this test
> fails, sometimes passes without any change neither in the code, nor in the
> testcase. I am using "list(myDict.keys())" to create the list of the keys
> of the dictionary.
> 
> I am running Python 3.3 on MS Windows. Any idea why is this?

List order would not be guaranteed.  Sort the list first.  Then your 
problem should clear up.