test-dict-ordering.coffee

fs = require 'fs'
log = console.log
dump = (obj) -> JSON.stringify obj, null, 2
keys = Object.keys

src = process.argv[2] or 'package.json'
log src
pkg = JSON.parse fs.readFileSync src

log 'JSON: ' + dump pkg
log 'Keys: ' + keys pkg

pkg.version = '0.0.1'

log 'JSON: ' + dump pkg
log 'Keys: ' + keys pkg

pkg.newattr = 1

log 'JSON: ' + dump pkg
log 'Keys: ' + keys pkg

test-dict-ordering.py

import sys
import json

log = lambda line: sys.stdout.write(line + "\n")
dump = lambda obj: json.dumps(obj, indent=2)
keys = lambda obj: str(obj.keys())

src = len(sys.argv) > 1 and sys.argv[1] or 'package.json'
log(src)
pkg = json.load(file(src))

log('JSON: ' + dump(pkg))
log('Keys: ' + keys(pkg))

pkg['version'] = '0.0.1'

log('JSON: ' + dump(pkg))
log('Keys: ' + keys(pkg))

pkg['newattr'] = 1

log('JSON: ' + dump(pkg))
log('Keys: ' + keys(pkg))