Re: Comparing lists

[Petteri Hintsanen]

Emanuel Berg <incal@dataswamp.org> writes:

> So it is, basically, that data can be (1 2) or (2 1), and they
> should be considered the same?

Yes.

> The more complex the data structure, the more complex the
> normalization, or conversely, the more complex the custom
> function to check for equality.

Right, some kind of sorting or normalization, is typically another way
to deal with problems like this.  In this case it is seems unappealing,
though.

Thanks,
Petteri