Testing list sequence question

[Chris Angelico]

On Sun, 5 Mar 2023 at 05:44, Roel Schroeven <roel at roelschroeven.net> wrote:
>
> Thomas Passin schreef op 4/03/2023 om 18:49:
> > 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.
> How would that enable you to check that the keys in the dict are in a
> specific order?
>

In Python 3.3, the keys in a dict are not in a specific order. There
is nothing to test.

ChrisA