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Clarify the ordering of dictionary keys.

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Raymond Hettinger 2004-11-25 05:16:19 +00:00
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@ -1367,8 +1367,10 @@ in the map.
\item[(2)] \versionadded{2.2}
\item[(3)] Keys and values are listed in random order. If
\method{items()}, \method{keys()}, \method{values()},
\item[(3)] Keys and values are listed in an arbitrary order which is
non-random, varies across Python implementations, and depends on the
dictionary's history of insertions and deletions.
If \method{items()}, \method{keys()}, \method{values()},
\method{iteritems()}, \method{iterkeys()}, and \method{itervalues()}
are called with no intervening modifications to the dictionary, the
lists will directly correspond. This allows the creation of