Re: string comparison operators (was: Re: Tail call elimination)

2020-05-18 Thread Paul Smith
On Mon, 2020-05-18 at 16:01 -0500, Pete Dietl wrote: > I concur that string handling and comparison should be considered in > a separate discussion. > > So let’s consider just integer comparison and arithmetic here? The usual method is someone makes a concrete proposal (say, something on the same

Re: string comparison operators (was: Re: Tail call elimination)

2020-05-18 Thread Pete Dietl
I concur that string handling and comparison should be considered in a separate discussion. So let’s consider just integer comparison and arithmetic here?

string comparison operators (was: Re: Tail call elimination)

2020-05-18 Thread Paul Smith
On Mon, 2020-05-18 at 20:04 +, Tim Murphy wrote: > Re comparing strings: we already have ifeq and what I have often > wanted is to have a function equivalent so I can use it in > expressions. As bad as ifeq may be from the point of view of locale > this need be no better to be an improvement ov