Re: lib/43488 (rb.[hc] API critiques/problems that should be addressed before final release)

[christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

The following reply was made to PR lib/43488; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)
To: Jeremy Huddleston <jeremyhu%apple.com@localhost>, 
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Subject: Re: lib/43488 (rb.[hc] API critiques/problems that should be addressed 
before final release)
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:54:51 -0400

 On Jun 21, 11:19am, jeremyhu%apple.com@localhost (Jeremy Huddleston) wrote:
 -- Subject: Re: lib/43488 (rb.[hc] API critiques/problems that should be addr
 
 | Actually, the comparison functions are opposite what qsort does.  qsort(3) 
says:
 | 
 |      The comparison function must return an integer less than, equal to, or
 |      greater than zero if the first argument is considered to be respectively
 |      less than, equal to, or greater than the second.
 | 
 | That is consistent with strcmp(3) and is opposite what rb(3) states.
 
 I agree that this is what strcmp(3), qsort(3), and rb(3) state, and I think
 it would be beneficial to change rb to behave the same for consistency.
 
 christos