[fpc-devel] Sorting tests

[Nikolay Nikolov]

On 11/29/22 16:44, Ondrej Pokorny via fpc-devel wrote:
> Am 29.11.2022 um 14:25 schrieb Sven Barth via fpc-devel:
>> For such a comparison function the issue is indeed in the comparison 
>> function, but Nikolay also mentioned "a<b=false and b<a=false" which 
>> is the case for equal elements.
>
> I assume this was some kind of typo or reasoning error because 
> "a<b=false and b<a=false" is always the case for equal elements if the 
> compare function is correct. And Nikolay was talking about incorrect 
> comparison functions.

Yes, I made a mistake, due to being in a hurry, while writing this 
email. I meant other properties, such as:

(a<a) never being true,

if (a<b) and (b<c) then (a<c),

a<b always returning the same result for the same a and b.

Nikolay

>
> Ondrej
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