Arvados

This happens because Ruby hashes retain the order of keys, but Python dictionaries do not. As long as the pipeline instance lives in the Ruby universe, the components stay in order. When Python reads it, it loses the ordering, and puts it back in the Ruby universe all jumbled.

Python has an OrderedDict in the collections module. One way to fix this problem might be to make sure apiclient uses that class when it converts API responses into objects.

Bryan,

Turns out we already had an issue for this. Please watch #2992 if you're interested in following the development. I mentioned to Ward that we should prioritize the issue higher because it causes this surprising display behavior. Thanks.