[Python-ideas] `OrderedDict.sort`

[M.-A. Lemburg]

On 24.09.2013 17:23, Ram Rachum wrote:
> Ethan, you've misunderstood my message and given a correct objection to an
> argument I did not make.
> 
> I did not argue against ordering by insertion order on init. I agree with
> that decision. I disagree with defining the entire class as an insertion
> ordering class and refusing to allow users to reorder it as they wish after
> it's created.

The overhead introduced by completely recreating the internal
data structure after the sort is just as high as creating a
new OrderedDict, so I don't understand why you don't like about:

from collections import OrderedDict
o = OrderedDict(((3,4), (5,4), (1,2)))
p = OrderedDict(sorted(o.iteritems()))

This even allows you to keep the original insert order should
you need it again. If you don't need this, you can just use:

o = dict(((3,4), (5,4), (1,2)))
p = OrderedDict(sorted(o.iteritems()))

which is also faster than first creating an OrderedDict and
then recreating it with sorted entries.

Put those two lines into a function and you have:

def SortedOrderedDict(*args, **kws):
    o = dict(*args, **kws)
    return OrderedDict(sorted(o.iteritems()))

p = SortedOrderedDict(((3,4), (5,4), (1,2)))

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