Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Hi Lucas > > On 07/08/2025 16:02, Lucas Seiki Oshiro wrote: >> ++ >> +The returned data is lexicographically sorted by the keys. > > What's the reason for this? If I query three keys from a script then > it is much easier to parse the output if I know the keys are going to > appear in the same order that they were on the command line. If the > command re-orders them my script now has to check the value of each > key which results in a bunch of unnecessary string comparisons because > it cannot determine the key from the position in the output. While we > were producing json output there was a need to de-duplicate the keys > when that output format was selected. However, we no-longer produce > json and in any case de-duplication could have been achieved without > sorting the input keys by using a hash table, or, as there is a small > fixed number of keys, an array that records the keys we've already > seen. Very good. Thanks.
