Hi --

On 5/5/07, Gary Wright <gwtmp01 / mac.com> wrote:
>
> On May 5, 2007, at 4:47 PM, Robert Dober wrote:
> > Yes but
> >  2 < 10
> > while
> >  2.to_s > 10.to_s
>
>
> Ah, I was missing the context of 'sorted keys'.
>
> It seems to me that the desire to have sorted keys and
> to also have keys that are not comparable would be
> an indication that something isn't quite right, either
> the design is wrong or there are some bugs to be
> removed.

It's not that integers aren't comparable; it's that they're an example
of something you wouldn't want to filter through to_s prior to
comparing.


David

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