Re: Human-readable file sorting

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2016 16:35:42 +0100
> From: Pierpaolo Bernardi <address@hidden>
> Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <address@hidden>, Emacs developers <address@hidden>
> 
> On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 9:53 AM, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > Please don't call that function `file-string-lessp', or anything that
> > has "file" in it.  This sorting order has nothing to do with files.
> > Names I can suggest include "logical", "intuitive", and "numerical".
> 
> The established name is "natural sort".  There's no reason to invent a new 
> one?
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_sort_order

I didn't invent anything.  The names I suggested are established as
well, in various environments.  Of course, "natural" is also fine.

My point was that "file sorting order" is not something we should use
for this feature, as doing so would unnecessarily narrow its intended
application domain.