Is the order that retrieve-items returns supposed to be fixed.

[Yehouda]

hab::get-items gets the items by iterating on a hash-table, where the order of items is not defined.
retrieve-items uses hab::get-items, so it also returns the items in an undefined order.
The test *retrieve-items--supported-value-types-mapping
https://github.com/mdbergmann/chipi/blob/1715babf2c71fa477397af6aa913ad7078ce978d/test/web/items-controller-test.lisp#L55C7-L55C52
effectively test the order (by using nth). At least on LispWorks that fails.

Is the test wrong, or does retrieve-items need to return the items in a fixed order?

[mdbergmann]

Thanks for reporting. You're right. Hopefully OCICL will work soon with LispWorks.
I'm not entirely sure how I want this to work. But I would tend to say the test is wrong and shouldn't expect a certain order.

[mdbergmann]

I'm working in that area shortly to replace the plist with hash-table as intermediate format that is closer to what jzon wants.