Hi,
Python code should not depend upon the ordering of items in a dict.
Unfortunately it seems that a number of tests in the standard library do
just that.
Changing PyDict_MINSIZE from 8 to either 4 or 16 causes the following
tests to fail:
test_dis test_email test_inspect test_nntplib test_packaging
test_plistlib test_pprint test_symtable test_trace
test_sys also fails, but this is a legitimate failure in sys.getsizeof()
Changing the collision resolution function from f(n) = 5n + 1 to
f(n) = n + 1 results in the same failures, except for test_packaging and
test_symtable which pass.
Finally, changing the seed in unicode_hash() from (implicit) 0 to an
arbitrary value (12345678) causes the above tests to fail plus:
test_json test_set test_ttk_textonly test_urllib test_urlparse
I think this is a real issue as the unicode_hash() function is likely to
change soon due to http://bugs.python.org/issue13703.
Should I:
1. Submit one big bug report?
2. Submit a bug report for each "failing" test separately?
3. Ignore it, since the tests only fail when I start messing about?
Cheers,
Mark.
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