append to the end of a dictionary

[Sion Arrowsmith]

Magnus Lycka  <lycka at carmen.se> wrote:
>orderedListOfTuples = [(k,mydict[k]) for k in sorted(mydict.keys())]

Or:

orderedListOfTuples = [(k,v) for k,v in sorted(mydict.items())]

(k, mydict[k]) sets off warning bells for me that mydict.items()
should be in use, which are nearly as loud as the ones that
range(len(mylist)) triggers.

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