From: James Britt <jamesUNDERBARb@...>
Date: 2004-09-04T12:48:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Hashes and ordering

Hal Fulton wrote:
> 
> I'm envisioning a data structure that has an order, but is otherwise (in
> behavior, not implementation) like our current Hash.
> 
> I don't want to go into detail about what I'm thinking at the moment.
> 
> But I can see where my post was unclear or vague and would raise
> very valid questions in your mind.

Java may have such a thing now (it seems to have a Collection object for 
everything else), but I recall writing one for myself because the notion 
of an ordered hash is quite useful, mostly for reliable iteration.

James