Call for Judgment: What’s a List?
Fewer than a quorum not voting AGAINST. Failed 1 vote to 6 by Kevan.
Adminned at 21 Apr 2025 10:07:32 UTC
Add the following to “Numbers and Variables”
Unless otherwise specified, a list is ordered and can contain repeated elements and when an item is added to a list, it is added to the end.
Unless otherwise specified, a set or collection is unordered and cannot contain repeated elements and when an item is added to a set or collection, it is added alphabetically (if its text based), in increasing order (if its is numeric) or at the end (in any other circumstances)
At their earliest convenience, the Concierge should inform all Agents who had a non-empty Discovery during the most recent breaking in of their Discovery, using the above definition of a list.
We should probably clarify what lists and sets/collections mean. Using general cs terms makes sense to me but happy to go with an alternative I think the important thing is that we’re all playing with the same understanding
Currently, Kevan ran the break in with Discovery not containing duplicate elements, and possibly not being in order. I think duplicates should’ve been revealed. But it all boils down to a list not being properly defined in the glossary.
in favor of “An Orderly Way to Describe a List”
JonathanDark: he/him
It’s true that we’ve always had a vague definition of “list” to mean any collection of items, and unfortunately we’ve never had requirements for duplicates or sorting except when explicitly called out.
I like this, and am actually surprised we haven’t needed it sooner.