Add `sort_dicts` parameter to `reprlib.Repr`

[warden127]

Feature or enhancement

Proposal:

reprlib.Repr currently sorts dictionaries by key when producing representations. However, sometimes the insertion order is meaningful. It would be useful to have a sort_dicts parameter, analogous to the existing parameter in pprint.PrettyPrinter & friends.

I have already opened a thread under Ideas on discuss.python.org a couple days ago, but got no response (and therefore no objections *wink*).

The proposed API is:

orepr = reprlib.Repr(sort_dicts=False)
orepr(my_ordered_dict)

The default should remain True to preserve the existing behavior.

A possible implementation is here:
main...warden127:cpython:reprlib-sort_dicts

Has this already been discussed elsewhere?

No response given

Links to previous discussion of this feature:

No response

[picnixz]

but got no response (and therefore no objections wink).

that's not enough a signal. By default, we prefer the status quo. However in this specific case, it makes sense to me. I believe we sorted by keys because the order wasn't guaranteed at the time it was written.