[Tutor] Extracting words(quest 2)

[Alexandre Ratti]

Hello,


At 15:25 26/03/2002 -0500, tutor-request@python.org wrote:
>From: dman <dman@dman.ddts.net>
>To: tutor@python.org
>Subject: Re: [Tutor] Extracting words(quest 2)
>
>On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 05:06:51PM +0100, Alexandre Ratti wrote:
>...
>| (in dictionaries, entry order is randomized to speed up access).
>
>This doesn't exactly say what you meant.  The entry order isn't
>random; it follows a precise algorithm, which is what makes it fast.
> >From our perspective, when we print a dict, it does appear to be a
>random order.

Thanks dman; somehow I thought the entry order really was random. Do you 
know how this algorithm works? (eg. how are the entries organised?)


Cheers.

Alexandre