Function to add to Data.List

[Edward Kmett]

There is some precedent for 'sortOn' as the naming convention should we
choose to go ahead with it.

http://lukepalmer.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/on-the-by-functions/

Having some mechanism by which we can explicitly request the Schwartzian
transform like that as opposed to 'element by element' By functions strikes
me personally as a good idea and sufficiently non-trivial to pass the
"Fairbairn threshold" in my book.

+1 from me.

-Edward


On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 4:34 PM, <johnw at newartisans.com> wrote:

> >>>>> Niklas Haas <haskell at nand.wakku.to> writes:
>
> >> Oh yes, 'sortOn' is a really nice name. :)
>
> > Huh, that name just reminded me of GHC.Exts.sortWith:
>
> Either of the names sortOn, or sortWith, sound good.  I think I prefer
> sortWith.
>
> John
> _______________________________________________
> Libraries mailing list
> Libraries at haskell.org
> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/libraries/attachments/20140406/2850e81f/attachment.html>