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Re:Python dicts are now ordered by BiteCode_dev on Saturday February 08, 2020 @12:49AM (#22274186)
Dict ordering started from the need to have class attributes, args and kwargs ordered if I recall.
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Re:Python dicts are now ordered by xapata on Saturday February 08, 2020 @02:16AM (#22274466)
No, that was a happy coincidence. The goal of the dict implementation was efficiency. Ordering was a side-effect.
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