... [Larry]
One prominent Python core developer** wanted this feature for years, and I recall them saying something like:
Guido says, "When a programmer iterates over a dictionary and they see the keys shift around when the dictionary changes, they learn something!" To that I say--"Yes! They learn that Python is unreliable and random!"
[Tim]
I never wanted ordered dicts, but never objected to them either. All in all, given that _I_ haven't seen a performance degradation, I like that they're more predictable, and love the memory savings.
That reads like I was correcting Larry for misquoting _me_. Sorry! He wasn't quoting me, and I didn't think he was. What he did quote was delightfully snarky enough that I didn't want to snip it, but not substantial enough to be worth the bother of addressing. So I just moved on to summarize what I said at the time (i.e., nothing).