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compiler-guy on Feb 7, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Python dicts are now ordered

Which means no one gets it for free when it is added to the language.

jmilloy on Feb 7, 2020 [–]

You could add an ordered dict by a different name and also have dict be the more efficient ordered version so that people get the efficiency gain for free but don't have to worry and forward compatibility.

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