... [Larry] >> One prominent Python core developer** wanted this feature for years, and I >> recall >> them saying something like: >> >> Guido says, "When a programmer iterates over a dictionary and they see the >> keys >> shift around when the dictionary changes, they learn something!" To that I >> say--"Yes! >> They learn that Python is unreliable and random!"
[Tim] > I never wanted ordered dicts, but never objected to them either. All > in all, given that _I_ haven't seen a performance degradation, I like > that they're more predictable, and love the memory savings. That reads like I was correcting Larry for misquoting _me_. Sorry! He wasn't quoting me, and I didn't think he was. What he did quote was delightfully snarky enough that I didn't want to snip it, but not substantial enough to be worth the bother of addressing. So I just moved on to summarize what I said at the time (i.e., nothing). _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/LXJU3EKB2KM3BT6MTGDLWVHTZUUIZGJK/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
