Re: _Compare, passes array to single value compare.. Bug?

[Benoît Minisini <benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 11/07/2024 à 01:24, Brian G a écrit :
> _compare is used during sorting, it will only pass the same datatype, 
> but if it is a variant and the datatype is an array of the datatype it 
> should not be getting passed into the _compare. It look like an actual 
> but to me. It fails if an attempt to pass any other data type is passed.
>
> Pretty sure that an array of Crmpit[] is not the same as crmpit when it 
> comes to a sort.

It's not really a bug, but more the way it is designed.

When you compare two objects, and the first one has a '_compare' method, 
this method is called with the second object as argument.

Note: if the first object has no '_compare' method, but the second one 
has it, the '_compare' method of the second object is called with the 
first object as argument.

But there is no datatype check at all before calling '_compare()'. It's 
up to '_compare()' to declare its argument with the expected datatype if 
you want an error when the class of the second object is incorrect.

Unless someone finds a real bug, I don't think I will change that, as it 
allows to declare a comparison method for two different classes if you 
need it.

Regards,

--
Benoît Minisini.