I had always assumed that vectors were sorted lexicographically. In other words, you sort on the first element, and then refine by the second element, and so on. I was surprised tonight to discover that is not the case.
> (compare "abc" "b") ; Strings are compared lexicographically -1 > (compare (vec "abc") (vec "b")) ; Vectors are not 1 It turns out that shorter vectors are always considered to be "less than" longer vectors. Lexicographic behavior only kicks in among vectors of the same length. Not at all what I expected, so I wanted to make sure everyone knew about this behavior. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
