#40616 [Bgs]: uasort implementation is not robust

ID: 40616 User updated by: phpbugs at jessemccarthy dot net Reported By: phpbugs at jessemccarthy dot net Status: Bogus Bug Type: Arrays related Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 5.2.1 New Comment: > Please double-check the documentation... > Your expectations are wrong. Sorry, that's a little too vague to be meaningful. I've read the documentation. I just re-read it. It's counterintuitive, and not documented, that uasort does not compare certain elements to each other because it has compared each of them to a different element and jumped to a conclusion based on that. That's not quite what I expect from a function advertised as implementing my "non-trivial" sort criteria. Even if your position is that the behavior of the function is fine, it's working as it's intended to, why would you not want to clearly explain to users what it does -- and can't -- do? As far as I can tell, based on the documentation, it is a bug because there is nothing in the documentation that explains that behavior or prepares me for it. If that's the intended behavior of the function, then the documentation is inadequate. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-02-26 08:00:51] tony2001@php.net Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php Your expectations are wrong. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-02-24 01:08:30] phpbugs at jessemccarthy dot net This software broke the line with the URL to the short reproduce code. http://www.jessemccarthy.net/public/uasort_bug/s_reproduce_source.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-02-24 01:03:54] phpbugs at jessemccarthy dot net Well I apologize. Thanks for your feedback. Short reproduce code: http://www.jessemccarthy.net/public/uasort_bug/short_reproduce_source.php Expected result: array(3) { ["field_favorite_movies"]=> array(1) { ["title"]=> string(15) "Favorite movies" } ["monkey_wrench"]=> string(0) "" ["field_favorite_music"]=> array(1) { ["title"]=> string(14) "Favorite music" } } Actual result: array(3) { ["field_favorite_music"]=> array(1) { ["title"]=> string(14) "Favorite music" } ["monkey_wrench"]=> string(0) "" ["field_favorite_movies"]=> array(1) { ["title"]=> string(15) "Favorite movies" } } I would think that an English description of expected / actual results would be helpful rather than just raw output, but whatever works for you. I also can't help but feel that the original reproduce code made more sense, but this is the most minimal version I can create that still demonstrates anything. Thanks for your attention. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-02-23 23:36:10] tony2001@php.net >The reproduce code is too long? Yes, please remove everything not related to your problem. >The descriptions of actual and expected output are not >sufficient? Descriptions? No, descriptions are not enough, we need the results, not their descriptions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-02-23 23:30:33] phpbugs at jessemccarthy dot net Thanks for your quick response. The reproduce code is too long? The descriptions of actual and expected output are not sufficient? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/40616 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=40616&edit=1