Fixed #3964 -- Added a custom SortedDict.__repr__ so that the keys ar…

…e printed

in sorted order. Based on a patch from Forest Bond.


git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@5069 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37

django/utils/datastructures.py

@@ -99,6 +99,13 @@ def copy(self):
         obj.keyOrder = self.keyOrder
         return obj
 
+    def __repr__(self):
+        """
+        Replaces the normal dict.__repr__ with a version that returns the keys
+        in their sorted order.
+        """
+        return '{%s}' % ', '.join(['%r: %r' % (k, v) for k, v in self.items()])
+
 class MultiValueDictKeyError(KeyError):
     pass
 

tests/regressiontests/datastructures/tests.py

@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
 'not one'
 >>> d.keys() == d.copy().keys()
 True
+>>> print repr(d)
+{'one': 'not one', 'two': 'two', 'three': 'three'}
 
 ### DotExpandedDict ############################################################