Add `sort_dicts` parameter to `reprlib.Repr`

Feature or enhancement

Proposal:

reprlib.Repr currently sorts dictionaries by key when producing representations. However, sometimes the insertion order is meaningful. It would be useful to have a sort_dicts parameter, analogous to the existing parameter in pprint.PrettyPrinter & friends.

The proposed API is:

orepr = reprlib.Repr(sort_dicts=False)
orepr.repr(my_ordered_dict)

The default should be True to preserve the existing behavior.

A possible implementation is here:
https://github.com/python/cpython/compare/main...warden127:cpython:reprlib-sort_dicts

Has this already been discussed elsewhere?

I have already opened a thread under Ideas on discuss.python.org a couple days ago, but got no response (and therefore no objections *wink*).

Links to previous discussion of this feature:

• https://discuss.python.org/t/reprlib-repr-should-have-a-sort-dicts-parameter/108533

Linked PRs

• gh-155817

Commencez par reprlib.Repr et examinez le comportement actuel de tri des dictionnaires, puis comparez l’API proposée avec pprint.PrettyPrinter. Vérifiez la PR liée gh-155817 ; le travail est terminé lorsque l’API prend en charge sort_dicts=False, tandis que la valeur par défaut True préserve le comportement existant.