bpo-39879: Update datamodel docs to include dict ordering (GH-19006)
Co-authored-by: furkanonder <furkantahaonder@gmail.com>
diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
index c683d99..e91e855 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
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@@ -425,6 +425,11 @@
equal (e.g., ``1`` and ``1.0``) then they can be used interchangeably to index
the same dictionary entry.
+ Dictionaries preserve insertion order, meaning that keys will be produced
+ in the same order they were added sequentially over the dictionary.
+ Replacing an existing key does not change the order, however removing a key
+ and re-inserting it will add it to the end instead of keeping its old place.
+
Dictionaries are mutable; they can be created by the ``{...}`` notation (see
section :ref:`dict`).
@@ -436,6 +441,11 @@
additional examples of mapping types, as does the :mod:`collections`
module.
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.7
+ Dictionaries did not preserve insertion order in versions of Python before 3.6.
+ In CPython 3.6, insertion order was preserved, but it was considered
+ an implementation detail at that time rather than a language guarantee.
+
Callable types
.. index::
object: callable
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index a4db5a5..4e4d090 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
Billy G. Allie
Jamiel Almeida
Kevin Altis
+Samy Lahfa
Skyler Leigh Amador
Joe Amenta
Rose Ames
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-03-16-18-12-02.bpo-39879.CnQ7Cv.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-03-16-18-12-02.bpo-39879.CnQ7Cv.rst
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@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Updated :ref:`datamodel` docs to include :func:`dict` insertion order preservation.
+Patch by Furkan Onder and Samy Lahfa.