Re: Numerically sorted arguments (in shell)

On Fri, 21 Jun 2024 03:37:51 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<ldo@nz.invalid> wrote in <v52sif$3019v$1@dont-email.me>:

On Thu, 20 Jun 2024 22:16:42 -0000 (UTC), vallor wrote:
 

I just posted a python program to comp.lang.python that sorts
parameters using strverscmp(3).

 
I already posted a snippet here which sorts strings containing any
number of decimal-numerical segments.

While I can't speak for others, something about the way you
went about that rubbed me the wrong way.

More on-topic, I did post the code in comp.lang.python with a request
for comments.  Sometimes I feel like Manfred Mann's "The Demolition Man",
where "I kill conversation as I walk into the room."  It is no exception
there, even though it would seem to be a good example of using a C binding
with python's sort function.  (Having very little experience with python
programming, I couldn't really say with confidence -- but nobody has
complained so far.)

I wrote it to learn something about python, and to be a (q&d) shell
utility that someone might find useful, possibly Janis.  Since
this is the shell newsgroup, and not the python programming
newsgroup, I think discussing the finer points of python
programming really don't belong here. YMMV.

I'm also put-off by "snip-and-snark" Usenet.  I know a few people who
do that to tick-off the person they're conversing with.  I'm guilty
of doing that from time to time, but I hope it's only when
the situation warrants it.  If my opinion matters: it's a bad habit to
do so by default.

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