submit Priority to scala.util.Priority?

[johnynek]

I copied https://github.com/non/algebra/blob/master/core/src/main/scala/algebra/Priority.scala into algebird because I wanted to resolve an issue with algebird + spark and spark's approach of using implicit ord: Ordering[K] = null with the fact that you can't in 2.11 have overloaded methods and default parameters (so I used Priority[Ordering[K], DummyImplicit] and .getPreferred.orNull).

It occurs to me, this could be a candidate to add to scala. It is unlikely to change much.

If they'd never accept it, no big deal, but it seems to be one of the easier things to move there.

[non]

Sure, let's give it a shot! Do you want to submit it or shall I?

[johnynek]

Either way. If you want to, you are more than welcome, but similarly, I don't want to task you. I'm willing to as well (of course as is often the case, I might be slow to get to it).

[non]

Why don't you do it? If you decide you don't have time comment here and then I'll do it if/when I get to it. :)

[johnynek]

sounds good.

[johnynek]

I guess this fell off my radar. :(

I think the better approach might be to actually just use Either in the standard library, especially since right biased map has been standardized.