From dad012168db01b24acea81dc416efd3f83b982ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Seier <andseier@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 13:43:38 +0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add a simple ordering at get_ordered.

---
 plotly/graph_objs/graph_objs.py | 31 ++++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plotly/graph_objs/graph_objs.py b/plotly/graph_objs/graph_objs.py
index f2f43449bc2..8e3b3042e3b 100644
--- a/plotly/graph_objs/graph_objs.py
+++ b/plotly/graph_objs/graph_objs.py
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import copy
-
 import re
-import six
 import warnings
+from collections import OrderedDict
+
+import six
 
 from plotly import exceptions, graph_reference
 from plotly.graph_objs import graph_objs_tools
@@ -113,17 +114,6 @@ def validate(self):
         """Everything is *always* validated now. keep for backwards compat."""
         pass
 
-    def get_ordered(self, **kwargs):
-        """
-        We have no way to order things anymore. Keep for backwards compat.
-
-        See https://github.com/plotly/python-api/issues/290.
-
-        :return: (PlotlyBase)
-
-        """
-        return self
-
 
 class PlotlyList(list, PlotlyBase):
     """
@@ -311,6 +301,10 @@ def get_data(self, flatten=False):
         else:
             return l
 
+    def get_ordered(self, **kwargs):
+        """All children are already validated. Just use get_ordered on them."""
+        return [child.get_ordered for child in self]
+
     def to_string(self, level=0, indent=4, eol='\n',
                   pretty=True, max_chars=80):
         """Get formatted string by calling `to_string` on children items."""
@@ -668,6 +662,17 @@ def get_data(self, flatten=False):
                     del d[key]
         return d
 
+    def get_ordered(self, **kwargs):
+        """Return a predictable, OrderedDict version of self."""
+        keys = sorted(self.keys(), key=graph_objs_tools.sort_keys)
+        ordered = OrderedDict()
+        for key in keys:
+            if isinstance(self[key], PlotlyBase):
+                ordered[key] = self[key].get_ordered()
+            else:
+                ordered[key] = self[key]
+        return ordered
+
     def to_string(self, level=0, indent=4, eol='\n',
                   pretty=True, max_chars=80):
         """

From 0d4ce5a2707af489e5164310d5fbdab0a8433f41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Seier <andseier@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 13:44:16 +0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] =?UTF-8?q?version=20bump=20=E2=80=94>=201.8.10=20(add?=
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---
 plotly/version.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/plotly/version.py b/plotly/version.py
index 20947b68e83..8d94f638ba4 100644
--- a/plotly/version.py
+++ b/plotly/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '1.8.9'
+__version__ = '1.8.10'