today there was another discussion about this on #perl6:
<gtodd> m: say <1 2 3 4 5 10>.max
<camelia> rakudo-moar 6edc31: OUTPUT«5»
<ab5tract> m: say (1,2,3,4,5,10).max
<camelia> rakudo-moar 6edc31: OUTPUT«10»
<bartolin> that's also RT #112250
<gtodd> bartolin: ok thanks ... it's like the <> form is accidentally making
lists out of the elements
<gtodd> but I'm splittling a line and pushing the number into an array and they
are still tricking max into seeing them as strings
<gtodd> .max
<lue> gtodd: the point of < > is to create an array of strings, e.g. <one two
three> instead of ("one", "two", "three")
<lue> stuff like [+] <1 2 3> works simply because infix:<+> tries to coerce its
arguments to numbers if they aren't already.
<bartolin> lue: so you would say its correct [max] sorts <2 11>
lexicographically?
<bartolin> m: say [max] <a z c>
<camelia> rakudo-moar 6edc31: OUTPUT«z»
<bartolin> m: say [max] <2 11>
<camelia> rakudo-moar 6edc31: OUTPUT«2»
<lizmat> yes, because in that context, 2 and 11 are Str
<lizmat> m: say [max] (2,11)
<camelia> rakudo-moar 6edc31: OUTPUT«11»
<ab5tract> m: say [max] (2.Str,11.Str)
<camelia> rakudo-moar 6edc31: OUTPUT«2»
<lizmat> m: say [max] ("2","11") # same thing
<camelia> rakudo-moar 6edc31: OUTPUT«2»
<lue> Unless <2 11> is supposed to be a list of IntStrs, and unless the Int
part of IntStr is supposed to win when either part would do,
I think [max] <2 11> -> 2 is right.
<colomon> m: say <2 11>.max(+*)
<camelia> rakudo-moar 6edc31: OUTPUT«11»
<colomon> lue: good point
<colomon> n: say <2 11>.max
<camelia> niecza v24-109-g48a8de3: OUTPUT«11»
<colomon> n: say <2 11>[0].WHAT
<camelia> niecza v24-109-g48a8de3: OUTPUT«(IntStr)»
<colomon> <2 11> is indeed supposed to be IntStrs, unless someone has changed
that part of the spec again
<bartolin> and IntStr is probably NYI for rakudo ...
<bartolin> m: say <2 11>[0].WHAT
<camelia> rakudo-moar 6edc31: OUTPUT«(Str)»
<colomon> so I think lue is right that max is supposed to do what bartolin
thinks it should
<lue> r: say IntStr
<camelia> rakudo-{parrot,moar} 6edc31: OUTPUT«===SORRY!=== Error while
compiling /tmp/tmpfileUndeclared name: IntStr used at line 1»
Maybe the subject should be changed from "[BUG]" to "[TODO]"?
