[Python-Dev] Repeatability of looping over dicts

[A.M. Kuchling]

On Sat, Jan 05, 2008 at 07:05:55AM +1100, Tim Delaney wrote:
> >So, do Python implementations need to guarantee that list(dict_var) ==
> >a later result from list(dict_var)?
> 
> As I just posted to the blog, yes. Look at section 3.8 of the reference 
> manual
> (Mapping Types), specifically footnote 3:

Ah, thanks!  I guess that rules out using ConcurrentHashMap, short of
materializing the entire list and sorting it in some way.  Oh well.

--amk