[issue21691] set() returns random output with Python 3.4.1, in non-interactive mode

[Ned Deily]

Ned Deily added the comment:

To expand a bit, this is by design, a consequence of the hash randomization feature; see

https://docs.python.org/3/using/cmdline.html#envvar-PYTHONHASHSEED

As noted there, if necessary, it is possible to disable hash randomization.  But tests with set values or dict keys should not depend on a particular order as even disabling hash randomization would not guarantee the same results on different platforms or builds of Pythons.

$ python3.4 -c "print(set(['A', 'B']))"
{'B', 'A'}
$ python3.4 -c "print(set(['A', 'B']))"
{'A', 'B'}
$ python3.4 -c "print(set(['A', 'B']))"
{'B', 'A'}
$ PYTHONHASHSEED=0 python3.4 -c "print(set(['A', 'B']))"
{'B', 'A'}
$ PYTHONHASHSEED=0 python3.4 -c "print(set(['A', 'B']))"
{'B', 'A'}
$ PYTHONHASHSEED=0 python3.4 -c "print(set(['A', 'B']))"
{'B', 'A'}

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