On Mar 7, 8:18 pm, "John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > However, I am not sure whether it is always like this. Can anybody confirm > my finding?
>From the standard library docs: "Keys and values are listed in an arbitrary order which is non-random, varies across Python implementations, and depends on the dictionary's history of insertions and deletions." i.e. the behaviour you have discovered is an implementation detail, and could change in future versions. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list