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

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Message #47 received at 69709 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
To: Mattias Engdegård <mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com>,
 Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 69709 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>,
 Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: Re: bug#69709: `sort` interface improvement and universal ordering
 predicate
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2024 22:55:55 +0200

On 20/03/2024 21:01, Mattias Engdegård wrote:
> * Maybe the :destructive keyword be called :inplace or :in-place instead? Shorter, less violent.

If the function default to destructive, perhaps the argument could be 
called :copy.

:in-place is not too bad. But I've looked around and don't see many 
sorting functions in other stdlibs that do it non-destructively.

Even 'sort' in Clojure might mutate: 
https://clojuredocs.org/clojure.core/sort

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