>>>>> "LP" == Luke Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
LP> Uri Guttman writes:
>> because that would be the default comparison and the extracted key value
>> would be stringified unless some other marker is used. most sorts are on
>> strings so this would be a useful huffman and removal of a redundancy.
LP> While I like where most of this is going, I beg to differ on this point.
LP> I end up sorting numbers more often then strings, except when I'm
LP> sorting the keys of a hash. I'm always annoyed in my one liners when I
LP> have to write out:
LP> sort { $a <=> $b } ...
LP> And I'd be thrilled if it were as easy as:
LP> sort { +$_ } ...
oh, i don't want to see <=> anywhere in sort code. i don't mind + or int
as markers for that. you seem to actually be agreeing with me that
strings are the default key type and + is needed for a numeric sort. but
do you do integer or float sorts? and as i said, i don't like the
asymmetry of int vs +.
uri
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