On 5/9/07, Alan G Isaac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robert Kern wrote: > > http://docs.python.org/lib/typesmapping.html > > """ > > 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. > > """ > > > Even this does not tell me that if I use a specified implementation > that my results can vary from run to run. That is, it still does > not communicate that rerunning an *unchanged* program with an > *unchanged* implementation can produce a change in results. >
Well, now you know. I'm not sure why you expect any given program to be idempotent unless you take specific measures to ensure that anyway. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
