>> Alan Isaac requested: >> http://docs.python.org/lib/typesmapping.html: to footnote (3), add phrase >> http://docs.python.org/lib/types-set.html: append a new sentence to 2nd paragraph
"Hamilton, William " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Keys and values are listed in an arbitrary order. This order is > non-random, varies across Python implementations, and depends on the > dictionary's history of insertions and deletions as well as factors outside > the scope of the containing program." > "Iteration over a set returns elements in an arbitrary order, which may > depend on factors outside the scope of the containing program." I think this is good and might have clued me in. At least I'd have had a fighting chance this way. Alan Isaac -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list