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Re: (ITS#7643) MDB_cmp_func not properly documented



vissermc@gmail.com wrote:
> Full_Name: Michiel Visser
> Version: 2.4.35
> OS: Linux
> URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/
> Submission from: (NULL) (88.159.211.22)
>
>
> The MDB documentation must specify what is expected of MDB_cmp_func.
> I assume it must return -1,0,1 depending on the order, similar to ansi compare
> functions, but it is not trivial, nor all will know.

The mdb_cmp() description already describes the return values. Users of the 
library are expected to be able to associate related concepts.

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