From: dblack@...
Date: 2006-03-04T00:19:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Array comparison returning nil

Hi --

On Fri, 3 Mar 2006, Julian Gall wrote:

> It seems <=> is not much use if it can't be relied on to do what it
> says.
>
> I now need to compare my arrays with:
>
> original_item_ids.sort.join('-') == new_item_ids.sort.join('-')
>
> Which is messy.

Can you show an example of two arrays with the same elements that give
you nil when sorted and compared with <=> ?


David

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