From: Patrick Doyle <wpdster@...>
Date: 2008-10-02T03:11:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Ordered hash hack for < ruby 1.9?

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Why not iterate over myhash.keys.sort instead of just myhash.keys?

--wpd


On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 2:00 PM, Ben Johnson <bjohnson@binarylogic.com>wrote:

> I am having an issue testing my code because hashes don't have a
> consistent order when you iterate over them. For example, one of the
> methods that I am trying to test iterates over a hash and creates a
> string. That string is in a different order every time, and my tests
> keep failing.
>
> What would be perfect is if I could modify how the Hash class works so
> it preserves the insert order, but only when I am testing. So I could
> include this file in my tests.
>
> Is there anything out there that does this? Thanks for your help.
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