Uri Guttman writes:
> >>>>> "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 +.
Usually integer. But specifying integer is usually an optimization
guideline, whereas there is a much greater semantic difference between
sorting strings and floats. C<int> deserves to be longer as just an
optimization guideline.
And yes, I agree that string should be default.
Luke
