From d1927e4eba67b309696899536de6279894fbcad6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shane Shrybman <shrybman@teksavvy.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:52:55 -0500
Subject: strings.compare() can be an alias of runtime.string_cmp()

---
 core/strings/strings.odin | 10 +---------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core/strings/strings.odin b/core/strings/strings.odin
index c19bf8c37..d40b81b3d 100644
--- a/core/strings/strings.odin
+++ b/core/strings/strings.odin
@@ -241,15 +241,7 @@ Inputs:
 Returns:
 - result: `-1` if `lhs` comes first, `1` if `rhs` comes first, or `0` if they are equal
 */
-compare :: proc "contextless" (lhs, rhs: string) -> (res: int) {
-	res = runtime.string_cmp(lhs, rhs)
-	if res == 0 && len(lhs) != len(rhs) {
-		return len(lhs) <= len(rhs) ? -1 : +1
-	} else if len(lhs) == 0 && len(rhs) == 0 {
-		return 0
-	}
-	return res
-}
+compare :: runtime.string_cmp
 
 /*
 Checks if rune `r` in the string `s`
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