Delaney, Timothy (Tim) wrote: > Ron Adam wrote: > >> Python 2.4.1 (#65, Mar 30 2005, 09:13:57) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] >> on win32 >> >> I was a bit surprised by them being sorted. I just happend to try >> d.keys() in place of s2, and it sped up. I was expecting it to be a >> bit slower. > > Purely an implementation accident - based entirely on the hash values of > the objects you've used (i.e. small integers). As you add more data to > the dictionary, you will definitely reach the point where you no longer > get keys out in sorted order. > > Tim Delaney
That's what I thought. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
