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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Dictionaries Introduction To Dictionaries

Podrig Leoghain
Podrig Leoghain
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Posted by Podrig Leoghain
Podrig Leoghain
5,094 Points

As per python docs for 3.7.1rc2 "Changed in version 3.7: Dictionary order is guaranteed to be insertion order"

As per the title. Kenneth was using the Python version current at the time but some things have changed. So expect some things to act differently.

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,771 Points

In the previous versions, dictionaries had no predictable order at all. So any instructions or code based on those rules regarding dictionaries will make no assumptions about order and should not be affected by these changes.