Hello,

On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 1:19 PM, [email protected]
<[email protected]> wrote:
> With all the issues surrounding ordering, hashes and hash
> randomization I was left with the impression that we should rewrite
> tests in such a way that they test for mathematical correctness but
> not for specific ordering of args, etc.

Since we are discussing this, I would like to state that not forcing
the ordering in some cases leads to an unpleasant variety of results.
For example, in computing eigenvectors, this leads to _different_
eigenvectors at different runs.  They are not essentially different,
of course, but they are still different and this sounds a lot like a
concealed bomb.

I think that, on some occasions, certain containers absolutely must be
sorted to avoid such kind of instability.

Sergiu

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