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authorhttp://smcv.pseudorandom.co.uk/ <http://smcv.pseudorandom.co.uk/@web>2010-03-24 17:11:17 +0000
committerJoey Hess <joey@finch.kitenet.net>2010-03-24 17:11:17 +0000
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relationship with [[plugins/contrib/report]]
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@@ -25,6 +25,21 @@ misunderstood the details of how the built-in function `sort` works when using
`$a` and `$b`. The newer version has been tested, and has a regression test for
its core functionality.)
+This hook *isn't* (yet) sufficient to implement [[plugins/contrib/report]]'s
+NIH'd sorting mechanisms:
+
+* `report` can sort by any [[plugins/contrib/field]], whereas this one has a
+ finite number of hooks: if the `field` plugin's functionality is desirable,
+ perhaps parameterized sort mechanisms similar to pagespec match functions
+ would be useful? Then the `field` plugin could register
+ `hook(type => "sort", id => "field")` and you could have
+ `\[[!inline ... sort="field(Mood)"]]` or something?
+
+* `report` can sort by multiple criteria, with independent direction-changing:
+ if this is desirable, perhaps `pagespec_match_list` could be enhanced to
+ interpret `sort="x -y z(w)"` as sorting by (pseudocode)
+ `{ $cmp_x->($a, $b) || (-$cmp_y->($a, $b)) || $cmp_z->($a, $b, "w") }`?
+
## Documentation extracted from the branch
### sort hook (added to [[plugins/write]])