[Gambas-user] Accessing the nth item in a collection

[Jussi Lahtinen]

OK, thanks for the answer! But can you elaborate bit further? If the
insertion order is no longer kept, then what dictates the order "For Each"
will enumerate the items? Order of memory addresses?

I mean would the enumeration order be unchanging, but when new item is
added it would be inserted in random (practically from user perspective)
position of the enumeration?


Jussi


On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 3:51 PM, Benoît Minisini <
gambas at ...1...> wrote:

> Le 04/06/2014 14:44, Jussi Lahtinen a écrit :
> >> AFAIK, Collection is a hash table and of course, you cannot assume a
> >> particular order of keys in a hash table.
> >>
> >
> > That is my understanding also. But they always seems to be in order they
> > have been added, when you iterate them with "For Each ...".
> >
> > What would cause the disorder?
> >
>
> There are in order by design (the hash table elements are linked both by
> hash slot *and* insertion order).
>
> But I don't guarantee that this non-official feature won't be removed.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Benoît Minisini
>
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