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Re: master 71783e9: Add the string-numeric-lessp function
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Richard Stallman |
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Re: master 71783e9: Add the string-numeric-lessp function |
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Mon, 22 Feb 2016 12:59:40 -0500 |
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> Skipping zeroes will make strings that differ only in the number of
> leading zeros (e.g. 001 and 01) equivalent under that sorting order.
> Are you okay with that?
001 and 01 should both sort between 0 and 2, but they should not be
equivalent. They should have some defined order.
I think that 01 should be less than 001, but I don't insist.
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Re: master 71783e9: Add the string-numeric-lessp function, Paul Eggert, 2016/02/21
Re: master 71783e9: Add the string-numeric-lessp function, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2016/02/21
- Re: master 71783e9: Add the string-numeric-lessp function, Paul Eggert, 2016/02/21
- Re: master 71783e9: Add the string-numeric-lessp function, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2016/02/21
- Re: master 71783e9: Add the string-numeric-lessp function, Paul Eggert, 2016/02/21
- Re: master 71783e9: Add the string-numeric-lessp function, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2016/02/21
- Re: master 71783e9: Add the string-numeric-lessp function, Paul Eggert, 2016/02/22