order of results from get_multi

[ionous]

i poked around on the faq and mail lists, but haven't seen anything
definitive;
does anyone know whether there is a guaranteed order to the items
returned in get_multi?

if i asked for the values at keys: 5,4,3,2,1 - and key 1 expired
itself -
would memcached return the keys: 5,4,3,2 in that order?

i playing with a stack-like ( queue-like? :) idea that uses auto-
expiring values to detect the current bottom of the stack -- it's a
minor thing but it would simplify the logic in my code that process
the results of get_multi if the order of the returns happened to be
the order of the requests.

( i'm using the python client which returns the keys as dictionaries,
so i'd have to change that code to return a list, but really i'm just
curious about the server's mechanics )

thanks for any insights!

-simon.

[Dustin]

On Dec 5, 8:21 pm, ionous <shalmane...@gmail.com> wrote:
> i poked around on the faq and mail lists, but haven't seen anything
> definitive;
> does anyone know whether there is a guaranteed order to the items
> returned in get_multi?

You may observe some pattern to the results, but non is guaranteed.

[Aaron Stone]

On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 10:10 PM, Dustin <dsal...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>
> On Dec 5, 8:21 pm, ionous <shalmane...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> i poked around on the faq and mail lists, but haven't seen anything
>> definitive;
>> does anyone know whether there is a guaranteed order to the items
>> returned in get_multi?
>
> You may observe some pattern to the results, but non is guaranteed.

Ooh, let's document that!

[steve.yen]

Thanks, added it to the code.google.com wiki/FAQ.

http://code.google.com/p/memcached/wiki/FAQ

On Dec 13, 12:47 pm, "Aaron Stone" <sodab...@gmail.com> wrote: