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Numification of Order:: enumerations is backwards. #6

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ShimmerFairy opened this issue Nov 7, 2013 · 0 comments
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Numification of Order:: enumerations is backwards. #6

ShimmerFairy opened this issue Nov 7, 2013 · 0 comments

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By current spec,

+Order::Decrease ==  1
+Order::Same     ==  0
+Order::Increase == -1

Not only does this numification run counter to popular interpretations of "Increase" and "Decrease", but also requires a different interpretation:

say 5 cmp 7
OUTPUT: Increase

(From the LHS, you must increase to get to the RHS)

say +(5 cmp 7)
OUTPUT: -1

(From the RHS, you must go down (subtract/add negative) to get to the LHS)

I don't know about you, but this weird numification of words in addition to the differing interpretation between the object and its numification is broken. I recommend Decrease == -1 and Increase == 1.

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