There is a bug in sorting a container using a function, as in
sort lines tVariable by myVal(each)
where the function is for example
function myVal pStr
return item 1 of pStr + item 2 of pStr
end myval
If the function myVal encounters a run-time error (in the example if one of the
items is not a number) the sort command fails silently: the script exits at
that code line and the user is unaware that the sort (and the rest of the
handler) were not executed.
If you sort directly with
sort lines tVariable by (item 1 of pStr + item 2 of pStr)
the handler will throw an error dialog, as expected.
QC has confirmed this is a bug ( bug 24321
<https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=24321> ) that evidently has been
around for a long time.
Neville Smythe
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