>>* C++ has a Map template in the STL which is ordered (a "Sorted >>Associative Container").
Alex Martelli wrote: > Ordered *by comparisons on keys*, NOT by order of insertion -- an > utterly and completely different idea. Shame on me. I talked so much about the difference between "ordered" and "sorted" and now I wrote such a confusing sentence. You're right, C++ Maps are not an example for "ordered dictionaries", but for "sorted dictionaries". -- Christoph -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list