iterate maps with ng-for

I am trying to iterate over Map values with the built in ng-for, but I can see that for some reason it is not working.

In the specs, you can iterate over a Map iterable with:

let map = new Map();
let values = map.values();
for (let item of values) {
    console.log(item);
}

And none of the ES5 standard for (...)/for (... in ...) will work with that.

Does the built in ng-for actually support iterating over maps?

[mhevery]

Maps have no orders in keys and hence they iteration is unpredictable. This was supported in ng1, but we think it was a mistake and will not be supported in NG2

The plan is to have a mapToIterable pipe

<div *ng-for"var item of map | mapToIterable">

[MTyson]

“Maps have no orders in keys and hence they iteration is unpredictable”.

So what? Set iteration is unpredicable in Java, does that mean it shouldn’t be iterated over?

No, this is just a mistake made in design that has become obvious in practice.

So much good in angular 2, just fix this thing please.