PopItem in dictionary returns Last inserted pair for 3.7 onwards. How is it as dictionary is unordered

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popitem() in dictionary guarantee to return last inserted pair for 3.7 and onward. Dictionary is unordered type. So, how dictionary is able to achieve this?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 12 '19 at 02:56

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It is no longer unordered starting 3.6 (implementation detail) and guaranteed as of 3.7. So naturally methods that are based on order have predictable results now.

See Are dictionaries ordered in Python 3.6+?

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PopItem in dictionary returns Last inserted pair for 3.7 onwards. How is it as dictionary is unordered

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