• Bernard Helyer (8/8) Jul 02 2012 Because it's apparent to me it's not going to be fixed.
• Bernard Helyer (2/2) Jul 02 2012 This is relatively tongue in cheek of course, but it _has_ been
• Andrei Alexandrescu (4/12) Jul 02 2012 It's a fairly specialized function, but we shouldn't draw conclusions
• Bernard Helyer (2/2) Jul 02 2012 My main point is that it doesn't work. Even the given example
• Jesse Phillips (6/8) Jul 03 2012 It does work, it just requires a sorted range instead of an
• Andrei Alexandrescu (3/11) Jul 03 2012 We need to fix the example.
• Bernard Helyer (4/20) Jul 03 2012 The example uses assumeSorted, so if you could let the rest

"Bernard Helyer" <b.helyer gmail.com> writes:

Because it's apparent to me it's not going to be fixed. 
Furthermore, what does it gain you over sort(chain(a, b))? This 
is the first time in the 2 years it's been broken (and apparently 
Jesse is the only one that knew this! :D) someone has come to IRC 
with a problem regarding it. From that highly biased sample, I 
conclude it's not getting used. Anywhere. Or that bug would have 
more noise (it's the only result for 'completeSort' on bugzilla).

http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=4936

"Bernard Helyer" <b.helyer gmail.com> writes:

This is relatively tongue in cheek of course, but it _has_ been 
effectively deprecated since 2010. :P

Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:

On 7/2/12 5:50 AM, Bernard Helyer wrote:
 Because it's apparent to me it's not going to be fixed. Furthermore,
 what does it gain you over sort(chain(a, b))? This is the first time in
 the 2 years it's been broken (and apparently Jesse is the only one that
 knew this! :D) someone has come to IRC with a problem regarding it. From
 that highly biased sample, I conclude it's not getting used. Anywhere.
 Or that bug would have more noise (it's the only result for
 'completeSort' on bugzilla).

 http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=4936

It's a fairly specialized function, but we shouldn't draw conclusions 
about usefulness of library functions from current use alone.

Andrei

"Bernard Helyer" <b.helyer gmail.com> writes:

My main point is that it doesn't work. Even the given example 
does not work. It should either be fixed or ditched.

"Jesse Phillips" <jessekphillips+D gmail.com> writes:

On Monday, 2 July 2012 at 14:05:31 UTC, Bernard Helyer wrote:
 My main point is that it doesn't work. Even the given example 
 does not work. It should either be fixed or ditched.

It does work, it just requires a sorted range instead of an 
arbitrary range.

std.range.assumeSorted()
std.algorithm.sort()

take your pick for getting a sorted range.

Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:

On 7/3/12 10:01 AM, Jesse Phillips wrote:
 On Monday, 2 July 2012 at 14:05:31 UTC, Bernard Helyer wrote:
 My main point is that it doesn't work. Even the given example does not
 work. It should either be fixed or ditched.

 It does work, it just requires a sorted range instead of an arbitrary
 range.

 std.range.assumeSorted()
 std.algorithm.sort()

 take your pick for getting a sorted range.

We need to fix the example.

Andrei

"Bernard Helyer" <b.helyer gmail.com> writes:

On Tuesday, 3 July 2012 at 14:30:38 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
 On 7/3/12 10:01 AM, Jesse Phillips wrote:
 On Monday, 2 July 2012 at 14:05:31 UTC, Bernard Helyer wrote:
 My main point is that it doesn't work. Even the given example 
 does not
 work. It should either be fixed or ditched.

 It does work, it just requires a sorted range instead of an 
 arbitrary
 range.

 std.range.assumeSorted()
 std.algorithm.sort()

 take your pick for getting a sorted range.

 We need to fix the example.

 Andrei

The example uses assumeSorted, so if you could let the rest
of the world know how to use it, that'd be great. ;P