I especially like the comments at the bottom ... That's funny and sad at the same time :p
Don't you DARE close this without fixing like you did with TypeConverter.IsValid. Posted by IDisposable1 on 11/16/2006 at 2:44 PM They dared Posted by Marc Gravell on 11/27/2006 at 10:10 PM On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 10:03 PM, Mark Hurd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 5:57 AM, Sébastien Lorion > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My bottom line is, if I control the data and I am 100% sure it won't > contain > > problematic chars, then by all means, I will use ordinal compare and get > the > > speed increase. Otherwise, as a non English native myself, I want to make > my > > apps international and so, I will use the culture aware comparison (and > > other operations). > > Just be careful what you use the comparison for... Note this highly > rated Connect "Won't Fix": > > > https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=236900 > > I bet this'd be a bugger of a bug to locate. > > In this snippet you'd expect the two SortedLists to be identical, but > they're not, and the reason's clear -- the strings are s1<s2<s3<s1! > > Dim s1 As String = "-0.67:-0.33:0.33" > Dim s2 As String = "0.67:-0.33:0.33" > Dim s3 As String = "-0.67:0.33:-0.33" > Console.WriteLine(s1.CompareTo(s2)) > Console.WriteLine(s2.CompareTo(s3)) > Console.WriteLine(s3.CompareTo(s1)) > Dim l, m As New SortedList(Of String, Integer) > l.Add(S1,1) > l.Add(S2,2) > l.Add(S3,3) > m.Add(S3,3) > m.Add(S2,2) > m.Add(S1,1) > For Each i in m > Console.WriteLine(i) > Next > For Each j in l > Console.WriteLine(j) > Next > > Now I know why FXCop and the built-in VS2008 Code Analysis always says > to specify the comparer and cultureinfo -- it's not just for performance! > > Regards, > Mark Hurd, B.Sc.(Ma.) (Hons.) > > =================================== > This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(R) http://www.develop.com > > View archives and manage your subscription(s) at > http://discuss.develop.com > =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor® http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
