[jira] [Resolved] (LUCENE-5994) Rename "reverse" sort parameter to "descending"

["Ryan Ernst (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-5994?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Ryan Ernst resolved LUCENE-5994.
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    Resolution: Not a Problem

> Rename "reverse" sort parameter to "descending"
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>                 Key: LUCENE-5994
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-5994
>             Project: Lucene - Core
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>            Reporter: Ryan Ernst
>         Attachments: LUCENE-5994.patch
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> This always causes me confusion every time I look at sorting.  What exactly is "natural" order? I can think about it to figure it out (1, 2, 3... is natural), but since the parameter/variable is called "reversed" it always requires looking back at the docs (which then state that the flag is reversing the natural order).
> I think it would be much clearer to use the ascending/descending terminology. Although I think {{ascending}} is better, so that the default would be true, it probably is better to keep the semantics of the boolean the same, thus naming it {{descending}}.



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