Re^4: Sort mechanics problems with objects and potentially contradicting comparisons (would cause infinite loop)

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It's not about efficiency. If $a and $b can't be relied on, any such use of the sort mechanism becomes definitively non-standard and the sort keyword would have to be avoided.

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Re^5: Sort mechanics problems with objects and potentially contradicting comparisons (would cause infinite loop) by Anonymous Monk on Jun 01, 2016 at 16:26 UTC
They can be relied on, but they have scoping problems and can be confusing when your program spans multiple packages (see hakuex's edit).	[reply]

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