[Python-Dev] Dictionary evaluation order

[Guido van Rossum]

> >>It mentions that code like that
> >>
> >>    {f1():f2(), f3():f4()}
> >>
> >>Will call these functions in the order f2, f1, f4, f3. What should we
> >>do about it? Tim mentions that "When [Tim] asked Guido about that
> >>some years ago, he agreed it was a bug.". Is it too late to fix it, or
> >>is it still a desirable fix?
> 
> [Guido van Rossum]
> 
> > ...
>  > What does Jython do?
> 
> Jython happens to evaluate in order of f1, f2, f3, f4. An accident, I'm 
> sure, of the way the dictionary constructor is called with a sequence of 
> (key, value, key, value, ...).

In that case, I see no reason to block the fix for this particular
case.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)