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bug#69709: `sort` interface improvement and universal ordering predicate
From: |
Gerd Möllmann |
Subject: |
bug#69709: `sort` interface improvement and universal ordering predicate |
Date: |
Mon, 11 Mar 2024 08:01:03 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) |
Mattias Engdegård <mattias.engdegard@gmail.com> writes:
> Instead of inventing a new and rather meaningless function name, I
> suggest we re-use `sort` and allow both
>
> (sort seq lessp) ; old-style
> (sort seq &key key lessp destructive) ; new-style
FWIW, I wouldn't like overloading the name 'sort', because it feels like
magic happening. A new name would make things explicit - no magic.
Otherwise, I can't say much. The destructiveness of sort/stable-sort has
actually never been a problem for me. It has instead often been just
right, when consing a sequence and sorting it in the end.
bug#69709: `sort` interface improvement and universal ordering predicate,
Gerd Möllmann <=