What is the sort order of returned results for search.get_indexes() in google app engine?

Question

I am using the search.get_indexes() function as documented here , to get the list of search indexes that I have stored. From a few test cases, it seems that the returned list is sorted alphabetically on the Index name. Is it known or documented that this behaviour is guaranteed? I might have missed something, but I couldn't find it explicitly mentioned in the docs. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

If the sort order is not specified in the documentation, it is not guaranteed, and the implementation may change going forward. I suggest that you sort them in your code - the performance penalty is negligible, especially if the indexes are already sorted using the same criteria that you apply.