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Re: Sorting implemented in Guile standard library
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Zelphir Kaltstahl |
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Re: Sorting implemented in Guile standard library |
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Tue, 18 Aug 2020 21:32:38 +0200 |
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Hello Bill!
Thanks for looking into it!
Regards,
Zelphir
On 16.08.20 23:11, Bill Markmann wrote:
> I'm not a guile hacker, but looking at the source for
> "libguile/sort.c", it looks like quicksort:
>
> #include "sort.h"
>
> /* We have two quicksort variants: one for SCM (#t) arrays and one for
> typed arrays.
> */
>
> #define NAME quicksort
> #define INC_PARAM ssize_t inc,
> #define VEC_PARAM SCM * ra,
> #define GET(i) ra[(i)*inc]
> #define SET(i, val) ra[(i)*inc] = val
> #include "quicksort.i.c"
>
> The sort functions look like they
> call "s_scm_restricted_vector_sort_x", and then in there:
>
> if (handle.element_type == SCM_ARRAY_ELEMENT_TYPE_SCM)
> quicksort (scm_array_handle_writable_elements (&handle) -
> dims[0].lbnd * dims[0].inc,
> spos, epos, dims[0].inc, less);
> else
> quicksorta (&handle, spos, epos, less);
>
>
> I'd assume that's what is underneath (sort items less) and friends.
> Just a guess, though... :-)
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 16, 2020 at 4:56 PM Zelphir Kaltstahl
> <zelphirkaltstahl@posteo.de <mailto:zelphirkaltstahl@posteo.de>> wrote:
>
> Hello Guile Users!
>
> I was checking out
> https://www.gnu.org/software/guile/manual/html_node/Sorting.html and
> noticed, that the definition of `sort` does not mention, which
> algorithm
> is used for sorting:
>
> > Sort the sequence items, which may be a list or a vector. less
> is used
> for comparing the sequence elements. This is not a stable sort.
>
> So my question is: Which algorithm is used for Guile's `sort`
> function?
>
> Regards,
> Zelphir
>
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