GNU bug report logs - #69709
`sort` interface improvement and universal ordering predicate

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Mattias Engdegård <mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 69709 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#69709: `sort` interface improvement and universal ordering predicate
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 19:54:16 +0200

On 10/03/2024 18:55, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Cc:69709 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> From: Mattias Engdegård<mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com>
>> Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 17:46:59 +0100
>>
>> 10 mars 2024 kl. 17.03 skrev Dmitry Gutov<dmitry <at> gutov.dev>:
>>
>>> That sounds more confusing, though (you drop the 'pred' argument, and the function changes behavior, possibly becoming slower too).
>> Is it really surprising that behaviour changes if you remove a previously-mandatory argument from a call without reading the documentation? It seems unlikely that this would happen by accident.
> I think we should delay this discussion until we see the first draft
> of the code and the documentation to go with it.  As long as the issue
> is in Mattias's sights, I'm sure the result will be acceptable, to say
> the least.

I do think it's problematic, but it's not a deal-breaker, so if everyone 
else is fine with it, let's proceed.

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