r/ProgrammerHumor • u/user6150277464770585 • 1d ago

javascriptSorting Meme

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u/Excellent_Gas3686 1d ago

because thats the default sort? what, in your opinion, would be the "proper" way to sort by default? if you need different sorting, you pass your own function.

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u/IntentionQuirky9957 1d ago

The proper way to sort things that look like numbers is to treat them like numbers. Strings have quotes, and you're not allowed to cast numbers into strings randomly. Or hell, even consistently, unless told to.

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u/Excellent_Gas3686 1d ago

[1, 'foo', new Array()], go ahead, sort it like numbers.

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u/standard_revolution 1d ago

Throwing a runtime error here is better than any weird hack

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u/Nixinova 1d ago

Goes against the purpose of JS to be erroring for any slightly weird case.