In <mailman.8231.1395103693.18130.python-l...@python.org> Chris Angelico
<ros...@gmail.com> writes:
> > Is there a way to force a certain ordering of the printout or else
> > somehow manage to get at least a certain stable ordering of the
> > printout (i.e. input and output are identical)?
> Yes; instead of simply printing it out (which calls repr()),
> explicitly iterate over it, like this:
> def display(d):
> return '{'+','.join('%r: %r'%(key,d[key]) for key in sorted(d))+'}'
You could also use the OrderedDict type, which is subclass of dict that
preserves insertion order.
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