From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Add a function for building sort predicates Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2024 03:55:38 +0100 Message-ID: <87le828ded.fsf@dataswamp.org> References: <87msskw1u8.fsf@web.de> <87eddw9k5o.fsf@daniel-mendler.de> <86h6isyu2b.fsf@gnu.org> <87v878ukb1.fsf@web.de> <86bk90ypb4.fsf@gnu.org> <87il36zkwh.fsf@web.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="32125"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:h+JS3uhBfYo1V075lUaOYZ5WoFw= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 03 07:54:20 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1rW9ut-00087L-Qe for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 03 Feb 2024 07:54:19 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rW9uE-0003Qu-Sx; Sat, 03 Feb 2024 01:53:38 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rW6C9-0005us-3P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Feb 2024 21:55:53 -0500 Original-Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rW6C7-0003cw-FA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Feb 2024 21:55:52 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1rW6C5-0006b6-9k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Feb 2024 03:55:49 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Mail-Copies-To: never Received-SPF: pass client-ip=116.202.254.214; envelope-from=ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; helo=ciao.gmane.io X-Spam_score_int: -16 X-Spam_score: -1.7 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.7 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.249, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 03 Feb 2024 01:53:36 -0500 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:315787 Archived-At: Michael Heerdegen wrote: >>> I consider this only as a start. With UI you mean >>> customize? Anyway, the answer is probably YES. >> >> Even a simple data structure should be easier than >> a full-fledged function. > > Not sure I understand what you are getting at. > > In my code example, the data structure is the specification > of the rules in the call - a nested list, suitable for this > task. We need something that makes the structure being > "applicable" by `sort' - this is the function > implementation. I'm probably misunderstanding. Make a single function, "sort-this". If you send a data structure that cannot be sorted just return it the way it is. If someone comes up with a way to sort it it can be added. So instead of the Unix "do one thing and do it well" it is "do one thing that does everything". (compute me) -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal