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Re: The Sort Problem
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From:
Damian Conway
Date:
February 15, 2004 16:01
Subject:
Re: The Sort Problem
Message ID:
403007FD.4070201@conway.org
Joe Gottman asked:
> If we use this signature, won't the code
> sort ('foo', 'bar', 'glarch');
>
> attempt to use the first parameter as a Criteria?
No. Because a string like 'foo' wouldn't match the first parameter's type.
> Since sort has to be a multi sub anyhow, why don't we do
>
> multi sub *sort(Criteria $by : *@data) {...}
> multi sub *sort( : *@data) { ...} # returns sort {$^a cmp $^b} @data
We probably should (from an implementation efficiency standpoint if nothing else).
Damian
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