CORRECTION, DON'T SHOOT!!!!!! I should have order & value, not order & identity.
On Apr 16, 1:01 pm, Sean Devlin <francoisdev...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think the fns you're interested in are sort and sort-by, not sorted- > set-by. > > I know you might not like it, but there is a convention in JavaLand > that a comparator value of 0 is identical in a sorted collection. > This causes orthogonal concepts of order & identity to be entwined. > > Sean > > On Apr 16, 11:45 am, Razvan <gigi.clan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Why should sorting be related to the primary key? You should be able > > to sort on any attribute. If you wanted to sort a set of people by age > > would it make sense to only retain one person of each age? Sort order > > and identity should be orthogonal. Besides, if you need a collection > > based on primary keys then a map or a sorted map is more appropriate, > > and if you chose a set instead you probably expect operations on that > > set to take into account the entire element. > > > Raz > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Clojure" group. > > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > > your first post. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your > first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
