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From: Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org>
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Roedy Green wrote:
> When someone asks for a case insensitive sort, they typically use code
> like this in the Comparator
> 
> return a.x.compareToIgnoreCase( b.x );
> 
> However than will not give you what you really want.  You probably
> want this if you want tidy-looking results.
> 
> int diff = a.x.compareToIgnoreCase( b );
> if ( diff != 0 ) return diff;
> return a.x.compareTo( b.x );

I think this needs more context. What is x? What are the types involved?
Why do you expect a.x and be to be comparable?

Patricia