NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #19/NN_1992_19.iso/spool/comp/sys/mac/hypercar/3364

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Subject: Re: HC 2.1 "sort" command
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BTW, has anyone else noticed what appears to be a bug in HC's sort?
I have found that when sorting the contents of a field, it sporadically
inserts an anomalous empty line into line 1 of the field.  So instead of
a sorted field of 100 lines, say, you end up with an empty line followed
by 100 sorted lines--101 lines in total.  Of course, you just have to check
for the empty line after every call to sort and delete it if found.  But
it's weird--doesn't seem to happen every time.  I called Claris a few weeks
back to tell them about this, was put on hold, then allowed to leave a msg
with a "promise" that they'd call me back in "no more than 4 hours".
Like I said, that was a few weeks ago.  They're obviously on a different
system of time than me.  So screw 'em--let them find their own bugs.

-Kurt