Compares two FULL, untruncated attribute values as UNSIGNED UTF-8 bytes.
Never a < b on the JS strings. JS relational operators compare UTF-16
CODE UNITS, which disagrees with UTF-8 byte order for supplementary-plane
text: '｡' < '\u{10000}' is false in JS (0xFF61 > 0xD800) but the byte
comparison says '｡' (EF BD A1) sorts before '\u{10000}' (F0 90 80 80).
Every ASCII test passes either way, which is exactly what makes the wrong
version survive review. compareKeys in static-btree/key.ts already
compares keys byte-wise for the same reason; this is the same rule applied
to the untruncated value.
Compares two FULL, untruncated attribute values as UNSIGNED UTF-8 bytes.
Never
a < bon the JS strings. JS relational operators compare UTF-16 CODE UNITS, which disagrees with UTF-8 byte order for supplementary-plane text:'｡' < '\u{10000}'isfalsein JS (0xFF61 > 0xD800) but the byte comparison says'｡'(EF BD A1) sorts before'\u{10000}'(F0 90 80 80). Every ASCII test passes either way, which is exactly what makes the wrong version survive review.compareKeysin static-btree/key.ts already compares keys byte-wise for the same reason; this is the same rule applied to the untruncated value.