in reply to Preserve the order in JSON

why retain order?

If I were modifying a configuration file programmatically, I would want to preserve the original order to ease later visual inspection--very confusing to me to see a config file changed unnecessarily.

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Re^2: Preserve the order in JSON
by Anonymous Monk on Dec 28, 2016 at 14:09 UTC
    & the unnecessary changes create headaches with version control when written to config or other files.
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