Author:  SylvainLS  Posted:  May 16, 2024 03:16  Subject:  Re: I was wondering...  Viewed:  46 times  Topic:  General Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card SylvainLS (46) Location:  France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine Member Since Contact Type Status Apr 25, 2014 Seller  Store: BuyerOnly BrickLink Discussions Moderator (?)

In General, Akir writes:    ...how is it possible that this site apparently has (at least?) two different sorting algorithms in place? When I sort my wish list inventory by item name I get "Brick 1x12" before "Brick 1x8", in my store inventory (and in orders and set inventories) it recognizes the numbers correctly and sorts 1x8 before 1x12. Is there method in this madness? That’s a symptom of spaghetti code (or, more accurately, big ball of mud): you need the same function but, either it needs to be slightly different or you’re just not very good at recognizing duplicates, and you copy (or rewrite) the code. So when one copy changes, the other doesn’t. Reconciling the different bits (refactoring) is not so easy and you risk breaking one copy which actually did something slightly differently and that can’t be simply replaced by a call to the other. Hence the “we are not touching that (at the moment)” attitude.

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I was wondering... - Akir (123)

...how is it possible that this site apparently has (at least?) two different sorting algorithms in place? When I sort my wish list inventory by item name I get "Brick [...] (21 days ago, May 16, 2024, to General)

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Re: I was wondering... - Akir (123)

[...] Guessed as much, thanks for the confirmation! I suppose it's a wise choice, there's lots of more urgent matters... (21 days ago, May 16, 2024, to General)

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 Msg 1 - Akir (123) 21 days ago May 16, 2024 to General
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