For sure, you can sort in-memory, no problem here. I think we need to find a well-known library with non-in-memory sorting and binary searching, it is better relatively new (java8+)
On Thu, Jul 20, 2023 at 3:08 PM ssz <sss.z...@gmail.com> wrote: > That's great! > - But ANT is quite an ancient system, and it is now relatively unknown. > - And it is relatively heavy. Maybe it's better to have single-function in > the dedicated library or in well-known library with other useful features > - It uses in-memory sorting: > https://github.com/apache/ant/blob/master/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/filters/SortFilter.java#L352 > - What about binary search? > > On Thu, Jul 20, 2023 at 2:56 PM Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Note that Apache Ant already provides similar functionality: >> >> https://ant.apache.org/manual/api/org/apache/tools/ant/filters/SortFilter.html >> >> Gary >> >> On Thu, Jul 20, 2023, 07:38 Gilles Sadowski <gillese...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Hi. >> > >> > [Disclaimer: I'm not a user nor a developer of "Commons IO", so >> > I'm not the most suitable for entertaining this conversation and, >> > surely, I shouldn't be the only one...] >> > >> > Le jeu. 20 juil. 2023 à 10:33, ssz <sss.z...@gmail.com> a écrit : >> > > >> > > Hi >> > > Sure, I will support my code. >> > > I have a lot of other opensource projects, not so much free time. >> > >> > I have to point out that the two sentences seem to neutralize >> > themselves... >> > >> > > But this code will have the highest priority as Commons is used by >> > > thousands of developers. >> > >> > That's what I've heard, but did not see much of a proof: We have no >> > reliable way to know where "Commons" code is used. [This was a >> > feature of open-source, but new regulations might make it a >> liability...] >> > More importantly, if true, only a very tiny fraction of those users >> share >> > their experience here, so that a quite small number of "regular" >> > developers end up deciding what is useful. Almost inevitably, the >> > selection is biased... >> > >> > > My other projects are used by hundreds of people. >> > >> > That's great, but would not convince (based on the lack of feedback) >> > a committer here who is not among those users. >> > >> > The general problem is: >> > 1. The active team is not getting bigger. >> > 2. Those "regular" developers find they have already too much to >> > handle. >> > 3. Hence they tend to not easily accept contributions that are (or >> > seem) likely to require time which they don't have. >> > 4. This puts off would-be contributors that could have become part >> > of the active team. >> > 1. The active team is not getting bigger... >> > >> > So I'm trying to find other arguments... >> > Which projects (ASF?) depend on your proposed contribution? >> > >> > Regards, >> > Gilles >> > >> > >>> [...] >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >> > >> > >> >
