-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Reed, Mark (TBS)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > S03, lines 418-420: "[cmp] always returns C<Order::Increase>, > C<Order::Same>, or C<Order::Decrease> (which numerify to -1, 0, or +1)." > > Shouldn't Order::Increase numerify to +1 and Order::Decrease to -1? In > which case it would be clearer to put them in respective order above... >
"$a cmp $b" has always been define as sign($a - $b), so the above numerification are correct. Thnk of them as describing the sequence ($a, $b). if the sequence is increasing then "$a, cmp $b" returns Order::Increase or -1. Mark Biggar -- Mark Biggar [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
