From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2006-08-22T07:54:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Why Does Hash Apparently Reorder Its Internal Representation And Other Associated Ponderings

Austin Ziegler wrote:
> 
> PHP's "array" is an associative array allowing "hash"-like handling
> with an ordered iteration. That's probably the source of 99% of the
> reasons that people want it.
> 

That probably speaks for me. I've never used PHP, but
an associative array is what I want.

I tend to think in terms of interface rather than
implementation. A hash has the interface I want,
*except* that it doesn't preserve order.


Hal