Re: lexicographic list comparison

[Stefan Monnier]

Sam Steingold [2022-09-12 14:41:47] wrote:
>> * Stefan Monnier <zbaavre@veb.hzbagerny.pn> [2022-09-12 14:31:33 -0400]:
>> [ Tho I suspect you'll want those comparison functions to return
>>   a -1/0/1 result rather than just a boolean, so you'd need an extra
>>   combinator to turn such a comparison function into the kind expected
>>   by `sort`.  ]
>
> The predicate argument to lisp sort returns a boolean.

Indeed, but `list-compare` will likely want the other kind, hence the
need for combinators that change from kind to the other.


        Stefan