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@ -81,13 +81,11 @@ serializing in some other implementation-defined order.
ordering is required.
[^not-sorted-semantically]: It's important to note that the sort
ordering for writing out set elements and dictionary key/value
pairs is *not* the same as the sort ordering implied by the
semantic ordering of those elements or keys. For example, the
`Repr` of a negative number very far from zero will start with
byte that is *greater* than the byte which starts the `Repr` of
zero, making it sort lexicographically later by `Repr`, despite
being semantically *less than* zero.
ordering for writing out set elements and dictionary key/value pairs
is *not* the same as the sort ordering implied by the semantic
ordering of those elements or keys. For example, the `Repr` of a
negative number sorts lexicographically *after* the `Repr` of zero,
despite being semantically *less than* zero.
**Rationale**. This is for ease-of-implementation reasons: not all
languages can easily represent sorted sets or sorted dictionaries,