On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Dipo Elegbede <delegb...@dudupay.com>wrote:
> Hi All, > There really shouldn't be so much debate on the question asked. > Someone actually gave a direct and clear answer. I'm new at python and > his explanations were quite understandable. > I'm sorry that you sensed a debate in what happened to the question. Personally I find it very refreshing when people contribute with different ideas. In this particular case, Shaswat Anand's reply of what OrdererdDicts are (BSTs) was actually a new information to me. Had we closed the question the moment we sense a right answer, I wouldnt have known that. > If you call the d.keys() consecutively, you might get two different orders. > I dont think it works the way you say it. d.keys() *should* return the same way no matter how many times you call it. If the dictionary (d) changes in between - because of the way HashTables/HashMaps are implemented - you are bound to get in a different order. *Long story short. *d.keys() will return the same thing if d doesnt change. /jeff _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
