Thread: Why series_index is double and not int?
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Old 10-16-2019, 11:01 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by theducks View Post
I think the reasoning behind leaving it as is: the current method allows Numeric sorting. Alpha sorting requires uniform data entry. :WormsBigCan:
I'm pretty sure the reason for leaving at it is is to not break backwards compatibility without a really good replacement.

But the sorting is at least part of the point of what I said. For example, if it was treated as dot separated numbers (think version numbers), it isn't hard to sort. That isn't going to help other places such as on a device that doesn't understand this, but, it is closer to what is needed.

Honestly, I don't have a good solution. I know that the current method is far from perfect, but, it is better than it if was an integer.
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