...

Thanks, I know :)

... hook ...

I don't think so, I think a patch is in order, but I give up 

diff -ruN Data-Dump-1.22/lib/Data/Dump.pm Data-Dump-1.22-new/lib/Data/
+Dump.pm
--- Data-Dump-1.22/lib/Data/Dump.pm    2013-05-10 03:32:23.000000000 -
+0700
+++ Data-Dump-1.22-new/lib/Data/Dump.pm    2013-07-21 17:25:59.5625000
+00 -0700
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@
     my $out;
     my $comment;
     my $hide_keys;
+    my $da_keys;
     if (@FILTERS) {
     my $pself = "";
     $pself = fullname("self", [@$idx[$pidx..(@$idx - 1)]]) if $pclass
+;
@@ -131,6 +132,9 @@
     my @bless;
     for my $filter (@FILTERS) {
         if (my $f = $filter->($ctx, $rval)) {
+        if (my $v = $f->{da_keys}) {
+            warn "\ngrrrrrrr da_keys $v\n\n "; $da_keys = $v;
+        }
         if (my $v = $f->{object}) {
             local @FILTERS;
             $out = _dump($v, $name, $idx, 1);
@@ -298,6 +302,23 @@
         $text_keys++, last unless /^[-+]?(?:0|[1-9]\d*)(?:\.\d+)?\z/;
     }
 
+    if ( $da_keys ) {
+        warn "\ngrrrrrrrrr orig_keys @orig_keys\n\n ";
+        if( 'CODE' eq ref $da_keys){
+            @orig_keys = $da_keys->( $text_keys, \@orig_keys );
+            warn "\ngrrrrrrrrr orig_keys @orig_keys\n\n ";
+        } else {
+            #$da_keys->( $text_keys, \@orig_keys );
+        }
+    } else {
+        if ($text_keys) {
+            @orig_keys = sort { lc($a) cmp lc($b) } @orig_keys;
+        }
+        else {
+            @orig_keys = sort { $a <=> $b } @orig_keys;
+        }
+    }
+
     if ($text_keys) {
         @orig_keys = sort { lc($a) cmp lc($b) } @orig_keys;
     }

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