GNU bug report logs - #18051
24.3.92; ls-lisp: Sorting; make ls-lisp-string-lessp a normal function?

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de

Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 06:24:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 24.3.92

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de, 18051 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Subject: bug#18051: 24.3.92; ls-lisp: Sorting; make ls-lisp-string-lessp a normal function?
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 11:01:00 -0400

>> An optional argument to string-lessp could be inconvenient. IMHO, the
>> most important use-case of string-lessp is being a PREDICATE of
>> sort. This does not support optional arguments.

Of course it does:

    (sort foo (lambda (x y) (string-lessp x y 'optional-arg)))


-- Stefan
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