julia> @test issubset([1,2],[1,2]) # loose order
Test Passed
julia> @test isless((1,2), (1,2)) == false # strict order
Test Passed
isless is defined in term of lexicographic order. scientific litterature (bender, williamson, arndt) is quite conservative about saying that implies the order is strict
issubset does not test for proper subsetting.
Any rational about this?
Currently working on poset / lattice in Julia.
sound foundation are appreciated.
If you have an a \preceq b relation, you can easily get a \prec b = (a \preceq b) \wedge \neg(b \preceq a) (and vice versa), so they are equivalent in functionality. Some texts prefers one, some the other, neither is superior to the other.
Cf Base.cmp if you want to economize on computation.
Not true. you have two ops. you build a third.
first and third are equivalents. not the same of saying two first are.
With graph, lattice, structure can become heavy at some points.
Adding another indirection/level of storage can be tricky.
fine, if it can be avoided,
They are named consistently with the meanings of the words:
a bit tautological. so let’s say it’s some common way.
Without clear defs/perimeters/consensus, problems may appear when you have to deeply chain computing, for example when computing type lattice, even function type lattice and work to get precise result. example more precise than repr(typeof(isless)) == "typeof(isless)").
Anyway, definitively not a priority question at this point
The word “subset” is non-strict in its most common meaning while “less than” is strict in its most common meaning. If you want to have non-strict version of isless you can define one; if you want a strict version of issubset you can also define one.