Hi all:
The attached brogram demonstrates that the bro sort() function does not
sort correctly under certain circumstances (tested on OS/X & Linux). The
behavior also occurs when using the common function idiom of sort(myvec,
function(a: int, b: int): int { return a-b;});
I haven't examined bro source code, but since some of the test values are
larger than 32 bits, I surmise that there is a casting from 64 to 32 bits
that could change the sign of the comparison, thus causing this problem.
Mitigation is to use a function that returns the sign of subtraction
results, rather than the actual subtraction results, something like
sort(myvec, function(a: int, b: int): int { return a<b ? -1 : (a>b ? 1 :
0);});
Cheers,
Jim Mellander
ESNet
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