> I'm pretty sure John was going to add #sort: at the level of
> SequenceableCollection. As I mentioned, it is implemented in terms of
> #at:put: and therefore errors reasonably on Interval.

Ok 
Now Pharo has it :)
But not yet sorted.

> 
> We might require a special implementation for SortedCollection,
> alright. I don't see why that would be a problem for them.
> 
> Julian
> 
> On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 1:08 AM, Stéphane Ducasse
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> ouf honor is safe :)
>> So try to convince VA to do a better job than ANSI.
>> because with sort: polymorph and sorted (suboptimal but ok) we can have a 
>> better solution
>> 
>> Stef
>> 
>> 
>>>>>>> #sortBlock: is defined by ANSI on SortedCollection as an accessor and
>>>>>>>>> an instance creation method. That's what it sounds like and shouldn't
>>>>>>>>> be implemented on non-sorted collections.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Why? what would be the reason not to use sortBlock: for others?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> The intention is different. #sortBlock: tells a collection to maintain
>>>>>>> itself as sorted even after additions and deletions. This message is not
>>>>>>> appropriate for collections that do not have that ability.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> #sortBlock: is not the best name for this functionality, but I think
>>>>>>> it's bad to use #sortBlock: with a different meaning.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I agree :)
>>>>>> Now SortedCollection should understand sort too which uses sortBlock:
>>>>>> My main concern is polymorphism between collection which are nearly the 
>>>>>> same!
>>>>> 
>>>>> #sortBlock: is an accessor for the sortBlock instance variable on
>>>>> SortedCollection. It makes no sense for a collection that doesn't have
>>>>> that instance variable to have that accessor.
>>>> 
>>>> did I say that? I do not think so. I'm not that idiot.
>>>> No I say that SortedCollection should understand sort:
>>> 
>>> Ah, apologies - I misunderstood what you were saying (I was a little
>>> surprised that you would be arguing what I thought you were arguing :)
>>> ).
>>> 
>>> Julian
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