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diff --git a/doc/faq.html b/doc/faq.html index c7e8e979..6b7dc563 100644 --- a/doc/faq.html +++ b/doc/faq.html @@ -131,6 +131,19 @@ You have to press Ctrl-C twice to get stop your program. That's similar to when it's stuck running inside a C function under the Lua interpreter.</dd> </dl> +<dl id="order"> +<dt>Q: Table iteration with <tt>pairs()</tt> does not result in the same order?</dt> +<dd>The order of table iteration is explicitly <b>undefined</b> by +the Lua language standard.<br> +Different Lua implementations or versions may use different orders for +otherwise identical tables. Different ways of constructing a table may +result in different orders, too.<br> +Due to improved VM security, LuaJIT 2.1 may even use a different order +on separate VM invocations or when string keys are newly interned.<br><br> +If your program relies on a deterministic order, it has a bug. Rewrite it, +so it doesn't rely on the key order. Or sort the table keys, if you must. +</dl> + <dl id="sandbox"> <dt>Q: Can Lua code be safely sandboxed?</dt> <dd> |