Ordering of List<T> and other IEnumerables

Question

Can one rely that enumerating on the items of a List is done by the order of their insertion?

Does anyone know what the spec says about that?

Thanks!

Answer 1

This will depend on the implementation. Here's a nice overview of the different generic collections. As far as the List<T> implementation is concerned, enumerating will be done in the same order as elements have been added.