Python dicts are now ordered

Re:Python dicts are now ordered by manaskarekar on Friday February 07, 2020 @11:30AM (#22267616)

I suppose the meaning of the term depends on what we consider to be the subject of the compatibility.

- backwards compatible code: new code can run on an old interpreter

- backwards compatible interpreter: old code can run on a new interpreter

EDIT: After some thought, you're right. The second description is the reasonable interpretation.

"python 3.7 is backwards compatible with python 3.6"

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Re:Python dicts are now ordered by rovolo on Friday February 07, 2020 @04:48PM (#22271347)

This confusion reminds me of a scene from the 2002 film of Dave Barry's "Big Trouble".

(Driving to an airport) "Okay, we gotta pick a road. Arrivals or departures? We're arriving, but then we're departing."

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