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| Date | 2012-01-13 21:06 +0000 |
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| From | MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> |
| Subject | Re: NaN, Null, and Sorting |
| References | <4F108050.4030407@stoneleaf.us> <CAPTjJmr2VT_Z_HpvRbY1yQAmh4drkjHZjxFa1aeqR5d8cSn3tw@mail.gmail.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.4730.1326488798.27778.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On 13/01/2012 19:58, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 6:04 AM, Ethan Furman<ethan@stoneleaf.us> wrote: >> So I am strongly leaning towards implementing the comparisons such that Null >> objects are less than other objects so they will always sort together. > > This is a perfectly plausible view, and is the one adopted by SQL (I'm > pretty sure the "NULLS FIRST" / "NULLS LAST" clause is standard - you > get to choose whether they're less than everything or more than > everything). > +1
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