Re: Human-readable file sorting

[Richard Stallman]

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  > > I don't think we should do that.  I think rather that we should
  > > have separate variables to select a sort method for other things.

  > Why do we need a variable?  The relevant functions accept an argument
  > that is the comparison function, so the callers could simply pass the
  > function they wanted.

I think we are talking about two different questions.
You seem to be talking about low-level primitives.  I am talking
about how users customize the behavior of commands.

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