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Re:Go 1.11 Beta 1 is released by nnx on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @09:00AM (#17407761)
> or changing hashtable iteration order.

This is a builtin feature of Go.

https://blog.golang.org/go-maps-in-action

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Re:Go 1.11 Beta 1 is released by cpeterso on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @01:18PM (#17409971)
Interesting. In contrast, the JavaScript standard says Map object iteration must return values in original insertion order. Firefox used to randomize the iteration order (to help find bugs), but (surprise!) it broke some web content. :(

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743107

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