I’m +1 too. And I can’t think of a better name, since there is already a `Enum.reverse` and a `Enum.sort`, that would be a pretty clear name IMO.
Best, Kelvin Stinghen kelvin.sting...@me.com > On Oct 17, 2019, at 19:44, OvermindDL1 <overmind...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've wanted such a function a few times because passing in the alternated > function is not always clear. Instead of `&>=/2` I'd rather do things like > `¬(&1<&2)` as it makes it unambiguous while reading, and a prepending a > `reverse_` to the sorts is even better still. I'm +1 on this. > > On Thursday, October 17, 2019 at 2:39:42 PM UTC-6, José Valim wrote: > I would like to propose a new small function to Enum, called > Enum.reverse_sort, that returns sort in the reverse (descending order). > > While reversing sorting today is easy to achieve with: > > Enum.sort(collection, &>=/2) > > I always have a second guess on what the second argument really is. I believe > reverse_sort is much clearer in intent: > > Enum.reverse_sort(collection) > > This is clearer with sort_by too. instead of: > > Enum.sort_by(users, & &1.name <http://1.name/>, &>=/2) > > I can write: > > Enum.reverse_sort_by(users, & &1.name <http://1.name/>) > > The implementation itself is straight-forward. > > What I would like to know is: > > 1. Is this a good addition? > 2. Is the name reasonable? Any other takers? > > José Valim > www.plataformatec.com.br <http://www.plataformatec.com.br/> > Skype: jv.ptec > Founder and Director of R&D > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elixir-lang-core" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to elixir-lang-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:elixir-lang-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/6384264f-9b2f-4c5d-be5e-54f56d4f79b5%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/6384264f-9b2f-4c5d-be5e-54f56d4f79b5%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elixir-lang-core" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to elixir-lang-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/55FF6C4D-AAAD-4EB4-9B75-89A2F919835E%40gmail.com.
