How are Counter / defaultdict ordered in Python 3.7?

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[Counter.__repr__]: https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/v...

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Counter and defaultdict are both ordered now, and you can rely on it. Counter just doesn't look ordered because its repr was designed before dict ordering was guaranteed, and Counter.__repr__ sorts entries by descending order of value.

def __repr__(self):
    if not self:
        return '%s()' % self.__class__.__name__
    try:
        items = ', '.join(map('%r: %r'.__mod__, self.most_common()))
        return '%s({%s})' % (self.__class__.__name__, items)
    except TypeError:
        # handle case where values are not orderable
        return '{0}({1!r})'.format(self.__class__.__name__, dict(self))