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diff --git a/doc/apiref.rst b/doc/apiref.rst index ae0feed..5f08c16 100644 --- a/doc/apiref.rst +++ b/doc/apiref.rst @@ -659,7 +659,8 @@ allowed in object keys. /* block of code that uses key and value */ } - The items are not returned in any particular order. + The items are returned in the order they were inserted to the + object. **Note:** It's not safe to call ``json_object_del(object, key)`` during iteration. If you need to, use @@ -685,9 +686,8 @@ allowed in object keys. The following functions can be used to iterate through all key-value -pairs in an object. The items are not returned in any particular order, -as this would require sorting due to the internal hashtable -implementation. +pairs in an object. The items are returned in the order they were +inserted to to obhect. .. function:: void *json_object_iter(json_t *object) @@ -885,10 +885,13 @@ can be ORed together to obtain *flags*. compared. ``JSON_PRESERVE_ORDER`` - If this flag is used, object keys in the output are sorted into the - same order in which they were first inserted to the object. For - example, decoding a JSON text and then encoding with this flag - preserves the order of object keys. + **Deprecated since version 2.8:** Order of object keys + is always preserved. + + Prior to version 2.8: If this flag is used, object keys in the + output are sorted into the same order in which they were first + inserted to the object. For example, decoding a JSON text and then + encoding with this flag preserves the order of object keys. ``JSON_ENCODE_ANY`` Specifying this flag makes it possible to encode any JSON value on @@ -1508,9 +1511,7 @@ the same child values in the copied value. Deep copying makes a fresh copy of the child values, too. Moreover, all the child values are deep copied in a recursive fashion. -Copying objects doesn't preserve the insertion order of keys. Deep -copying also loses the key insertion order of any objects deeper in -the hierarchy. +Copying objects preserves the insertion order of keys. .. function:: json_t *json_copy(json_t *value) |