ljharb / ljharb/json-stable-stringify
not sorting values in an array if the array is a value of a key.
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Description
given:
```
let data = {
"a": {
"a": ["c", "b", "a"]
}
}
```
running `stringify(data, { space: 2 });` does not sort the array. instead, it was unsorted.
Result:
```
{
"a": {
"a": ["c", "b", "a"]
}
}
```
Expected:
```
{
"a": {
"a": ["a", "b", "c"]
}
}
```
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue with the nested data and stringify(data, { space: 2 }); then trace how nested arrays are handled. Done means the serialized output sorts the inner array as ["a", "b", "c"] while preserving the shown formatting.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100