> However, that is technically not ordering the structure; merely > processing elements inside the structure in a specific order. By there > very nature structures are unordered. In most cases, I doubt it makes a > difference. > Nor should a structure be ordered. In CFMX, a structure is a hash table, so it is meant for O(1) value lookups based on known keys. If you need something that functions similar to a structure i.e. implements the Map interface, but need the values to be stored in a specific order then you need a class that implements the SortedMap interface; TreeMap is one such class and provides a constructor to turning Maps into TreeMaps.
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