On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 9:49 PM, Mike Frysinger <[email protected]> wrote: > On Saturday 26 November 2011 07:50:27 Nirbheek Chauhan wrote: >> I'm not sure the two are really comparable. However, looking at a >> simple string sort on 30,000 strings, I don't see it taking a >> significant amount of time at all: > > sure, it's probably not significantly higher, but i also can't see any point > in > sorting the entries. we've been doing fine so far in the 10+ years of it > being > unsorted. so unless Arfrever has a compelling reason, time to revert. > -mike >
I agree. My argument was that if sorting has some benefit, the cost is negligible, and it should be done properly. If the benefits of the sorting are non-existent, or if it causes problems as Ciaran pointed out, then sorting should not be done. -- ~Nirbheek Chauhan Gentoo GNOME+Mozilla Team
