Hector Martin

I know you can solve this problem in JS. The whole point is the problem *should not exist*. Python has no problem sorting an untyped array according to natural sort order, instead of somehow defaulting to string coercion, which is almost never what you want.

there is no 'natural' sort order for heterogeneous untyped collections. what sort order is 'natural' for [1, '10', null, false, NaN, [], {}] array? i don't want to rely on 'magic' detecting 'right' sort type and prefer consistent method behavior regardless of the data

There *is* a natural sort order for *homogeneous* untyped collections. Heterogeneous untyped collections should raise an error (something which Python 2 didn't do and Python 3 fixed). Coercing to strings by default is batshit insane.

please do not apply python or other language as a platinum standard to javascript. it just different if it's pain in the ass for you to understand and love javascript features, just use your favorite language and emscripten, or leave front end to those who does