From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2006-08-23T11:16:55+09:00
Subject: Re: Why Does Hash Apparently Reorder Its Internal Representation And Other Associated Ponderings

Rick DeNatale wrote:
> On 8/21/06, Hal Fulton <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> wrote:
> 
>> Isak wrote:
>> >
>> > I don't think 'ordered' is a good name for something sorted by
>> > _insertion order_.
>>
>> The fact that something can be "sorted" at all is only because it
>> has an order, i.e., is sequential.
> 
> 
> Uh, no.
> 
> Whether it can be sorted depends on whether the contents are comparable.

I wasn't speaking in a Ruby sense. And even if I were, there
are other ways of sorting besides calling the sort method.


Hal