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Re: [CSCMail-Users] re: Billienum bug
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From: Muhri <mu...@ya...> - 2002-05-23 16:23:12
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Really! weird, you would have thought that they fixed
their API it has been stable for the past couple of
years. Anyho, its working just fine ;-)
Maher
--- Count Zero <cou...@cy...> wrote:
> That is a typo in the Gtk Documentation. It should
> read:
>
> Returns : 0 if the nodes are equal, less than 0 if
> the first node should
> come before the second, and greater than 0 if the
> second come before the
> first
>
> Not:
>
> Returns : 0 if the nodes are equal, less than 0 if
> the first node should
> come before the second, and greater than 1 if the
> second come before the
> first
>
> When in doubt, check the code.
>
> -Steve
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Muhri" <mu...@ya...>
> To: <cou...@cy...>
> Cc: <csc...@so...>
> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 4:22 AM
> Subject: [CSCMail-Users] re: Billienum bug
>
>
> > > Hi Steve,
> > >
> > > I fixed this for Pronto on Sept. 9th when it
> all >
> > happened. Here is what
> > > you need to do:
> > >
> > >
> $message_clist->set_compare_func(\&my_sort_func);
> > >
> > > sub my_sort_func
> > > {
> > > my ($clist, $first, $second) = @_;
> > > if ($first =~ /^\d+$/) {
> >
> > > What if we are sorting the subject field and one
> > >node is numeric, and the
> > > other is text? This will attempt to sort that
> > >numerically (incorrect)
> >
> >
> > very rare but yeah - you are right. Should check
> both.
> >
> > > if ($first > $second) { return -1; }
> > > if ($first == $second) { return 0; }
> > > return 2;
> >
> > > Why not use <=> ? thats what it's for....
> >
> > because <=> never returns a value greater than 1 -
> > check
> >
>
http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/gtk/gtkclist.html#GTKCLISTCOMPAREFUNC
> >
> > > }
> > > my @stuff = ($first,$second);
> >
> > > A two element array?
> >
> > why not?
> >
> > > my @sorted = sort {uc($a) cmp uc($b)} @stuff;
> >
> > > Sort our two elements the first time using
> >cmp...
> > (which compares them...)
> >
> > > if ($sorted[0] eq $first) { return -1; }
> >
> > > compare two elements (why? you just did
> that...)
> >
> > > if ($first eq $second) { return 0; }
> >
> > > compare two elements (redundant)
> >
> > > return 2;
> > > }
> > > Oh, you just re-implimented cmp!?
> >
> >
> > No, once again check the documentation, i'm
> following
> > the api docs, you need to return a value greater
> than
> > 1 sometimes.
> >
> >
> > Yeah, your func below might be a bit nicer but
> it'll
> > never return a value greater than 2 - btw you dont
> > have to handle sort dir, gtk will pass teh values
> in
> > the way they are supposed to be sorted - asc or
> desc.
> >
> > sorry for the very late reply, i changed mail
> > providers at the very same time i sent this email
> and
> > i just got my email from there !
> >
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > Ouch!
> >
> > Try:
> >
> > sub my_sort_func {
> > my ($clist, $a, $b) = @_;
> >
> > # Might as well handle sortdir here (not strictly
> > needed)
> > if ($clist->{'sortdir'} eq "descending")
> {
> > my $tmp = $a;
> > $a = $b;
> > $b = $tmp;
> > }
> >
> > # Are both nodes numeric?
> > if ($a =~ /^\d+$/ and $b =~ /^\d+$/) {
> > return ($a <=> $b);
> > # nope....
> > } else {
> > return (uc($a) cmp uc($b));
> > }
> > }
> >
> >
> > CSCMail users: I will be releasing version 1.7.10
> in
> > the next few days that
> > addresses this bug as well encorporating quite a
> few
> > other code cleanups...
> > In fact, the reason I am not releasing it right
> this
> > second involves these
> > code cleanups... I was in the middle of re-coding
> the
> > way Folders are
> > handled internally, as well as getting rid of the
> "no
> > more than 99 normal
> > folders" restriction (this involves folders with
> id's
> > equal to or greater
> > than 100 being treated as "virtual" search
> folders...
> > I am adding a new
> > field to the database that handles the type of
> folder
> > so there will no
> > longer be any arbitrary limits to the number of
> > folders)
> >
> > I guess I should release a 1.6.x version that
> fixes
> > this bug as well? Is
> > anyone still using 1.6.x?
> >
> > -CZ
> >
> >
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