[plt-scheme] directory-list order?

From: Eli Barzilay (eli at barzilay.org)
Date: Wed Sep 13 11:48:50 EDT 2006

On Sep 13, Paul Graham wrote:
> Is it defined what order directory-list returns filenames in?

Nothing documented -- the source simply creates a list from the system
call with no sorting.


> It currently seems to return files in order of creation.  This
> is extremely convenient for the app I'm writing, and it would 
> be handy if I could count on it...  --pg

My guess is that this is due to the FS implementation.  If you need
them sorted by time, sort the result using
`file-or-directory-modify-seconds'.

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