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Re: Empty element elision and associative arrays (was Re: Slurping a file)

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From: Lawrence Velázquez <larryv@xxxxxxx>
To: "Ray Andrews" <rayandrews@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: Empty element elision and associative arrays (was Re: Slurping a file)
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2024 02:01:14 -0500
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On Sun, Jan 14, 2024, at 11:09 PM, Ray Andrews wrote:
> On 2024-01-14 16:55, Bart Schaefer wrote:
>> (output may vary because associative arrays are not ordered).
>
> I've noticed that.  One  might think that the order of assignment would be 'the order' by inevitability, but that seems not to be the case.  I don't understand how it could be otherwise but nevermind.

Consider learning about how associative arrays are typically
implemented.  Then you would see that there is no "inevitable"
iteration order; one must be usually be chosen and implemented
explicitly, which is extra complexity that many languages choose
not to bother with.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associative_array#Ordered_dictionary

-- 
vq

Follow-Ups:
- Re: Empty element elision and associative arrays (was Re: Slurping a file)
  - From: Mark J. Reed
- Re: Empty element elision and associative arrays (was Re: Slurping a file)
  - From: Ray Andrews

References:
- more splitting travails
  - From: Ray Andrews
- Re: more splitting travails
  - From: Bart Schaefer
- Fwd: more splitting travails
  - From: Bart Schaefer
- Re: Fwd: more splitting travails
  - From: Ray Andrews
- Re: Fwd: more splitting travails
  - From: Bart Schaefer
- Re: Fwd: more splitting travails
  - From: Mark J. Reed
- Re: Fwd: more splitting travails
  - From: Bart Schaefer
- Re: Fwd: more splitting travails
  - From: Roman Perepelitsa
- Slurping a file (was: more spllitting travails)
  - From: Bart Schaefer
- Re: Slurping a file (was: more spllitting travails)
  - From: Roman Perepelitsa
- Re: Slurping a file
  - From: Ray Andrews
- Re: Slurping a file
  - From: Lawrence Velázquez
- Re: Slurping a file
  - From: Ray Andrews
- Empty element elision and associative arrays (was Re: Slurping a file)
  - From: Bart Schaefer
- Re: Empty element elision and associative arrays (was Re: Slurping a file)
  - From: Ray Andrews

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