From: Charles Oliver Nutter <charles.nutter@...>
Date: 2008-10-04T01:06:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Ordered hash hack for < ruby 1.9?

Ben Johnson 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.

FWIW, JRuby is 1.8.6ish and has insertion-ordered hashes like 1.9.

- Charlie