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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: how is strnatcmp aka "Interpret numbers while sorting" supposed to sort?Re: how is strnatcmp aka "Interpret numbers while sorting" supposed to sort?
From: Al Le <al.le_at_gmx.de>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:09:36 +0100 On 18.03.2009 23:02, Paul Louden wrote: > Al Le wrote: >> >>> Well, we're currently using an "existing" algorithm. One that *may* >>> be used in other FLOSS (I don't know, and haven't investigated). To >>> me, the two sides of the argument are basically "do we want to use it >>> as-is, such that our sorted lists look the same as lists in other >>> applications, or do we want to define our own rules for 'natural' >>> list sorting?" >> >> I'd opt for the latter, because it's easy to understand. > "It sorts in this strange way we've made up" is easier to understand > than "It sorts like Nautilus, FileBrowserX and FileBrowserY which you > may already use?" Yes, it's easier because it's a simple rule. If the browsers use a complicated logic (which may change with a release) how would you describe this for Rockbox? "It does it like BrowserX"? The next question would be then "and how does BrowserX do it"? I'd rather have an "absolute" than a "relative" definition. Received on 2009-03-18 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |