From: Florian Frank <flori@...>
Date: 2009-02-02T23:30:47+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:21752] Re: [Feature #1084](Closed) request for: Array#sort_by!

Eero Saynatkari wrote:
> Excerpts from Kornelius Kalnbach's message of Mon Feb 02 13:32:33 +0200 2009:
>> Eero Saynatkari wrote:
>>> This seems to break expectations for Enumerable, since the
>>> method cannot be reasonably supported there (and #sort_by
>>> is still defined in Enumerable, as I understand it.) If it
>>> is to remain, I think this should be specifically noted in
>>> the documentation. Additionally, static as the Enumerable
>>> inclusion may be, definining a method that depends on a
>>> mixin seems a bit awkward: perhaps Array should define its
>>> own #sort_by?
>> matz only added Array#sort_by!.
> 
> Exactly why I am asking :)
> 
> 
> Eero
> 
> --
> Magic is insufficiently advanced technology.
> 
> 

I already asked in ruby-core:21318 and didn't get a reply, but what about
Hash#sort and Hash#sort_by or even the !-methods? With insertion-ordered hashes
returning hashes instead of arrays from these methods would now be semantically
useful.

-- 
Florian Frank