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Mark Summerfield wrote:
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<pre wrap="">(Personally I've never needed an insertion-ordered dict.)</pre>
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Then you've never programmed in PHP I take it. PHP's one-size-fits-all
data structure is an insertion-ordered dict; PHP programmers use it
everywhere a Python programmer might use a dict <i>or</i> a list.
I've had one or two people tell me having both behaviors in one object
is "really useful every-so-often", though they didn't go into any more
detail. Can't really see the advantage, myself.<br>
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<i>larry</i><br>
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