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28.0.50; Maybe flex should only sort when there is no sorting metadata?

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From: João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: 45260 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Omar Antolín Camarena <omar <at> matem.unam.mx>
Subject: bug#45260: 28.0.50; Maybe flex should only sort when there is no sorting metadata?
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2021 15:05:41 +0100

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On Tue, Aug 17, 2021, 13:43 Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru> wrote:

> On 17.08.2021 13:41, João Távora wrote:
> > I've
> > not seen an example of a table where its original sorting mattered more
> > _when_  there is some search pattern.
>
> Do you have examples of completion tables which do specify sorting, but
> where flex sorting obviously should take precedence?
>

No, do you? Love to see them, or the converse. But does it matter? Flex is
for searching with patterns, stable sorted by scores, solving ties with
whatever sort order came first. Dmitry/flex, or Flix, or Flax, may be
something else, you understand? It's by design like this.

João

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