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[–] kevincox@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No. It always compares by converting to string. I actually think this is more consistent then having different behaviour if you have a string somewhere in your list.

Basically the default comparator is a.sort((a, b) => `${a}` < `${b}` ? -1 : 1).