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Re: sort --random-sort
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: sort --random-sort |
Date: |
Sat, 03 Dec 2005 18:17:19 +0100 |
Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:
...
> As a documentation issue, I'd feel more comfortable calling this a
> "hashed" sort rather than a "random" sort. Using the word "random"
> has the wrong connotations, since the sort doesn't generate a random
> permutation of the input. So I would prefer option names like
> --hash-sort and -h.
I'm concerned that `--hash-sort' will not be meaningful to the
vast majority of people who run `man sort' or look at `sort --help'
output. Although I understand your goal, I think it's too fine a
point for such a sacrifice.
Re: sort --random-sort, Eric Blake, 2005/12/10