Re: Data::Dumper sorting

On Thu, 28 Jun 2001 09:12:15 CDT, andy@petdance.com wrote:
>
>What would it take to get Data::Dumper to sort the keys in hashes that it
>dumps?
>
>If I patched it to do so, would you roll it in?
>
>I CONSTANTLY am using Data::Dumper and it would make my life so much
>easier to have the hash keys sorted....

I seem to be getting this question at least once a month now, so here
goes my canned reply.

  1. I don't maintain Data::Dumper independently anymore.  Patches
     should go to perl5-porters@perl.org.
  2. If you make a patch for this:
      * be sure to make the behavior optional (sorting forces all
        the keys to be enumerated first, which increases the memory
	requirement for large hashes)
      * be sure to patch both the perl the XS code
      * be sure to patch the documentation
      * be sure to add tests

Thanks!


Sarathy
gsar@ActiveState.com

• Re: Data::Dumper sorting by Gurusamy Sarathy