Re: get_class_vars() returned information ORDER

On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 7:52 AM, Johannes Schlüter <johannes@schlueters.de> wrote: > > > On Sep 9, 2012, at 10:22, Sherif Ramadan <theanomaly.is@gmail.com> wrote: >>> I'm curious whether the ORDER of the class properties returned by >>> get_class_vars(), is in some way guaranteed. I do not find mention of it >>> in the documentation. >>> >> >> The only real guarantee is that of how the class properties are stored >> in the hashtable. get_class_vars() is essentially just reading from a >> hashtable of class properties. > > There's no such guarantee. The fact that it is using a Hashtable which has an order is an > implementation detail. This might change (even though a change is unlikely) The only promise of > get_class_vars() is to return all. > Right, I should have said "there's no guarantee at all", but what I was trying to say was that this isn't really by guarantee of get_class_vars(). Just the fact that this particular implementation detail is unlikely to change is what makes it a convenient side effect. Sorry, that was poorly worded. > johannes >