Why are entries in addition order in a .Net Dictionary?

Question

I just saw this behaviour and I\'m a bit surprised by it...

If I add 3 or 4 elements to a Dictionary, and then do a \"For Each\" to get all the keys, they appear in

Answer 1

Up to a certain list size it is cheaper to just check every entry instead of hashing. That is probably what is happening.

Add 100 or 1000 items and see if they are still in the same order.