On Nov 13, 2013, at 4:45 PM, Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net> wrote:

>> It should be a pretty-printing function option, perhaps, but not core to the 
>> type itself, IMO.
> 
> I don't in the least understand how it could be a pretty printing option. If 
> we move to a binary rep using the hstore stuff order will be destroyed and 
> not stored anywhere, and duplicate keys will be lost. Once that's done, how 
> would a pretty print option restore the lost info?

I meant ordering the keys, usually in lexicographic order. I agree that 
preserving order is untenable.

Best,

David

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