Don't sort lexicographially entries in SVG output.

anntzer · anntzer · commit 10145a25cabd · 2021-03-16T19:25:56.000+01:00
Sorting had been added in cb5893d for reproducible outputs, but dicts now maintain insertion order so this is not needed anymore; moreover, not sorting allows keeping attributes in a more semantic meaning -- e.g., attributes of the toplevel `<svg>` are now in the order `xmlns:xlink width height viewBox xmlns version` rather than `height version viewBox width xmlns xmlns:xlink`; the `<use>` elements of ticks now have attributes `xlink:href x y style` rather than `style x xlink:href y`. The order is still not perfect due to other issues, but that'll be addressed another time.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_svg.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_svg.py
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ def start(self, tag, attrib={}, **extra):
         self.__tags.append(tag)
         self.__write(self.__indentation[:len(self.__tags) - 1])
         self.__write("<%s" % tag)
-        for k, v in sorted({**attrib, **extra}.items()):
+        for k, v in {**attrib, **extra}.items():
             if v:
                 k = escape_cdata(k)
                 v = escape_attrib(v)
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ def generate_transform(transform_list=[]):
 def generate_css(attrib={}):
     if attrib:
         output = StringIO()
-        attrib = sorted(attrib.items())
+        attrib = attrib.items()
         for k, v in attrib:
             k = escape_attrib(k)
             v = escape_attrib(v)
