On Fri, 14 Aug 2009, Krzysztof Cieniuch wrote: > Hi, > > Short question as in subject does filter function preserves original > elements order > I did some tests like: > org:= a b c d e > res:=$(filter a d c,$(org)) > $(info $(res)) > > and this prints a c d so it looks like it preserves order but can I > relay on that > or is this just coincidence in my simple example ? > If you need to rely on order then simply use sort to ensure lexical order - then you don't need to bother with possible implementation details (the info page does not say anything about preserving order)
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