diff -ruN Data-Dump-1.22/lib/Data/Dump.pm Data-Dump-1.22-new/lib/Data/Dump.pm
--- Data-Dump-1.22/lib/Data/Dump.pm	2013-05-10 03:32:23.000000000 -0700
+++ Data-Dump-1.22-new/lib/Data/Dump.pm	2013-07-21 17:25:59.562500000 -0700
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@
     my $out;
     my $comment;
     my $hide_keys;
+    my $da_keys;
     if (@FILTERS) {
 	my $pself = "";
 	$pself = fullname("self", [@$idx[$pidx..(@$idx - 1)]]) if $pclass;
@@ -131,6 +132,9 @@
 	my @bless;
 	for my $filter (@FILTERS) {
 	    if (my $f = $filter->($ctx, $rval)) {
+		if (my $v = $f->{da_keys}) {
+            warn "\ngrrrrrrr da_keys $v\n\n "; $da_keys = $v;
+		}
 		if (my $v = $f->{object}) {
 		    local @FILTERS;
 		    $out = _dump($v, $name, $idx, 1);
@@ -298,6 +302,23 @@
 	    $text_keys++, last unless /^[-+]?(?:0|[1-9]\d*)(?:\.\d+)?\z/;
 	}
 
+    if ( $da_keys ) {
+		warn "\ngrrrrrrrrr orig_keys @orig_keys\n\n ";
+		if( 'CODE' eq ref $da_keys){
+			@orig_keys = $da_keys->( $text_keys, \@orig_keys );
+			warn "\ngrrrrrrrrr orig_keys @orig_keys\n\n ";
+        } else {
+			#$da_keys->( $text_keys, \@orig_keys );
+		}
+    } else {
+		if ($text_keys) {
+	        @orig_keys = sort { lc($a) cmp lc($b) } @orig_keys;
+		}
+		else {
+	        @orig_keys = sort { $a <=> $b } @orig_keys;
+		}
+    }
+
 	if ($text_keys) {
 	    @orig_keys = sort { lc($a) cmp lc($b) } @orig_keys;
 	}