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From: Nirbheek Chauhan <nirbheek@gentoo.org>
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On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 9:49 PM, Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Saturday 26 November 2011 07:50:27 Nirbheek Chauhan wrote:
>> I'm not sure the two are really comparable. However, looking at a
>> simple string sort on 30,000 strings, I don't see it taking a
>> significant amount of time at all:
>
> sure, it's probably not significantly higher, but i also can't see any po=
int in
> sorting the entries. =C2=A0we've been doing fine so far in the 10+ years =
of it being
> unsorted. =C2=A0so unless Arfrever has a compelling reason, time to rever=
t.
> -mike
>
I agree. My argument was that if sorting has some benefit, the cost is
negligible, and it should be done properly. If the benefits of the
sorting are non-existent, or if it causes problems as Ciaran pointed
out, then sorting should not be done.
--=20
~Nirbheek Chauhan
Gentoo GNOME+Mozilla Team