Maybe it's premature optimization, but I don't want the overhead of a sorted map structure when a minimal (and ideally, optimized for few keys) map will do better.
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Rob Lachlan<robertlach...@gmail.com> wrote: > > As, Patrick Sullivan, said, the built-in sorted-map guarantees that > the keys will be in order. I'm probably missing something here, but > wouldn't that fit the bill? > > http://clojure.org/api#sorted-map > > Rob Lachlan > > On Aug 27, 12:35 pm, Howard Lewis Ship <hls...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Is the order of keys in a map predictable? I have some tests I'm >> concerned about, where the keys and values in a map are converted to a >> string (ultimately, a URL, as query parameters) and the order will >> affect the output string. >> >> I could sort the keys, but then I'm changing my code to support the >> test in a somewhat non-trivial way. >> >> Literally: when iterating over the key/value pairs, the order seems to >> be the order in which the key/values are defined in the map. Is this >> true? >> >> -- >> Howard M. Lewis Ship >> >> Creator of Apache Tapestry >> >> The source for Tapestry training, mentoring and support. Contact me to >> learn how I can get you up and productive in Tapestry fast! > > > > -- Howard M. Lewis Ship Creator of Apache Tapestry The source for Tapestry training, mentoring and support. Contact me to learn how I can get you up and productive in Tapestry fast! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
