>>>>> "Uri" == Uri Guttman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Uri> i will let damian handle this one (if he sees it). but an idea would be Uri> to allow some form ofkey extraction via a closure with lazy evaluation Uri> of the secondary (and slower) key. I still don't see that. I understand about the lazy key evaluation. However, the sort block in Perl5 contains more than just two key computations: it also contains the logic to decide *how* to compare the keys, and *when* more information is needed (a secondary key step, for example). Not sure how you're going to replace that with just information about how to compute "a key". I think you've had your head inside GRT for too long. :) So, for the simple case (string sort against some function of each item), I can see the need for a good shortcut. However, the general case (let me tell you how to sort two items), you'll still need a very perl5-ish interface. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!
