Proposal: [pretty_format_json] sort json array values

[bethdehart]

I would love to have the ability to sort the json array to make easier to search for duplicate values and to keep things nice. A new flag could be added --sort-values so that the values can be sorted.

Given:

{
  "regions": [
    "us",
    "eu",
    "ba"
  ]
}

Output:

{
  "regions": [
    "ba",
    "eu",
    "us"
  ]
}

Thoughts?

[asottile]

I'm not sure if it's a good idea because you might only want to sort some arrays which opens up a whole can of worms I don't really want to deal with

[bethdehart]

I see what you mean. I will close this issue.

Thanks for your feedback!

[asottile]

you could probably write a separate tool which sorts the paths you care about and then the two can work together!