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Re:Python dicts are now ordered by riazrizvi on Friday February 07, 2020 @11:22AM (#22267508)
That is an original line of thinking in the world of software, “Let’s not add a feature to a new version because it wouldn’t work if used in an older version”.
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Re:Python dicts are now ordered by Biganon on Friday February 07, 2020 @11:44AM (#22267788)
It would silently introduce bugs, that's the whole issue.
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Re:Python dicts are now ordered by nkozyra on Friday February 07, 2020 @12:07PM (#22268104)
Right. In fact, if it explicitly broke something there'd be less of an issue. Instead, it will appear to work/interpret but you'll get unreliable results. That makes the bug more nebulous.
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