From: Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>
Date: 2004-09-06T07:31:21+09:00
Subject: Re: OK... :) question about hash and array literals

Hi,

In message "Re: OK... :) question about hash and array literals"
    on Mon, 6 Sep 2004 03:36:08 +0900, Hal Fulton <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> writes:

|Is it a possible option to change the semantics of [x=>y] ?
|
|   h1 = {1=>2, 3=>4}   # order not guaranteed
|   h2 = [1=>2, 3=>4]   # order guaranteed
|
|I realize (now) that [x=>y] is currently an array with a
|single element which is a hash.

Are there any reason to make hash literals not to guarantee order?
I thought

  h = {1=>2, 3=>4}

will preserve the order, when ordering is implemented.

							matz.