outline-style sorting algorithm

[Richard Livsey]

Peter Otten wrote:

> Michael Geary wrote:
> 
>>Interestingly enough, in Windows XP, Windows Explorer lists these files in
>>numerical order:
>>
>>file1
>>...
>>file9
> 
> Seems they special-cased this. Can they deal with
> 
> fi1le
> fi2le
> fi10le
> 
> and
> 
> 1file
> 2file
> 10file
> 
> too?

I just checked and yes, these are sorted as expected (in the order you 
list).

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