missing support for sorted attributes

[JeffreySarnoff]

This request and its solution are presented here, in discourse.
Using an ordered dictionary (preferably Dictionary) would maintain the order of attributes.

The use case:

• Suppose I have an XML tag:
  • The x, y, and z attributes are ordered; this helps when editing point data.

julia> using XML
julia> xyz  = XML.Element("point", x=1, y=2, z=3)
  Node Element <point x="1" z="3" y="2">

xyz does not remain x, y, z ordered

[joshday]

Thanks for the issue. I do plan on making attributes ordered!

I will likely add a type parameter and default to OrderedDict.

[AhmedSalih3d]

Thanks for the issue. I do plan on making attributes ordered!

I will likely add a type parameter and default to OrderedDict.

Thank you! That sounds really great, looking forward to try that when it goes into live :)

[joshday]

The type parameter added too much complexity for my taste. Instead OrderedDict is now baked in.