On Apr 10, 2014 1:57 PM, "Dima Tisnek" <dimaqq@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Sorry to be a spoil-sport, but what next?

Oh this isn't so bad :)

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> Preserve order of globals?

Already do-able.

> Preserve order of locals?

Function execution stands alone in Python in how explicitly we restrict flexibility to customize (for the sake of performance).  However, see the next point.

> Preserve order of class members?

As already noted, you can do so now.  Furthermore, you can use that mechanism to preserve the order of function "locals".

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> methinks the whole point of keyword arguments is that they are named.
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> order is a much weaker concept.

I agree it is weaker.  I still think it is worth preserving, as explained in the PEP.

-eric