From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2004-09-06T08:31:38+09:00
Subject: Re: OK... :) question about hash and array literals

Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
> 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.

Oh! I misunderstood completely, then.

My original understanding was that

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

implied that order was not preserved in literals.



Hal