On 2024-01-19 06:37, Mark J. Reed wrote:
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> It seems that the `kv` is effectively applied before the `o`, so you 
> get the keys and values intermixed and then the whole list sorted 
> together. Hard to imagine a use case where that would be the desired 
> outcome.
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So it seems that zsh already does intend the ability to output the array 
in a declared way as Stephane showed (hash tables notwithstanding).  
Thus it's simply a matter of making that work as it proposes to do.  
Couldn't ask for more.