https://www.datoolset.net/mw/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Talk%3AGetNearestObject 2026-09-13T06:46:35Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.25.6 https://www.datoolset.net/mw/index.php?title=Talk:GetNearestObject&diff=7058&oldid=prev 2009-10-24T03:20:34Z

<p></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr style='vertical-align: top;'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 03:20, 24 October 2009</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="L1" >Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This topic does not say specifically that the array returned by this function is ordered or sorted by distance. I assume it must be, but it isn't apparant from the wording of the page content. Even knowing that it must be ordered doesn't help me to know if its nearest to furthest or the other way around. I would have to experiment to find out. After seeing this information missing from several of these array-returning functions now, it occurs to me that the wiki for all functions which return an array should either specify that the returned array is ordered &amp; lay out how the order is determined, or some statement making it clear the order is indeterminate when that is the case.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This topic does not say specifically that the array returned by this function is ordered or sorted by distance. I assume it must be, but it isn't apparant from the wording of the page content. Even knowing that it must be ordered doesn't help me to know if its nearest to furthest or the other way around. I would have to experiment to find out. After seeing this information missing from several of these array-returning functions now, it occurs to me that the wiki for all functions which return an array should either specify that the returned array is ordered &amp; lay out how the order is determined, or some statement making it clear the order is indeterminate when that is the case.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-- Axe_Murderer</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Axe Murderer https://www.datoolset.net/mw/index.php?title=Talk:GetNearestObject&diff=7057&oldid=prev 2009-10-24T03:18:21Z

<p>added suggestion to talk panel - no change to page content</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>This topic does not say specifically that the array returned by this function is ordered or sorted by distance. I assume it must be, but it isn't apparant from the wording of the page content. Even knowing that it must be ordered doesn't help me to know if its nearest to furthest or the other way around. I would have to experiment to find out. After seeing this information missing from several of these array-returning functions now, it occurs to me that the wiki for all functions which return an array should either specify that the returned array is ordered &amp; lay out how the order is determined, or some statement making it clear the order is indeterminate when that is the case.</div>

Axe Murderer