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Re: more 5.9 sort tests
From:
Rafael Garcia-Suarez
Date:
July 21, 2004 06:16
Subject:
Re: more 5.9 sort tests
Message ID:
20040721151253.097e19d3@localhost
Nicholas Clark wrote:
> Based on my memory of the thread David figured a way to test sort stability
> without resorting to overloading, by using <=> and not-really-numbers
> rather than the complex overloading games I thought of.
Yes, but in this case what does mean the comment :
> > > +# test that optimized {$b cmp $a} remains stable (new in 5.9)
> > > +# without overloading
> However, the patch isn't warnings clean, which given that sort.t runs under
> warnings, isn't going to fly.
Easily fixable, just like the test count :)