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| author | Roland McGrath <roland@gnu.org> | 1992-10-20 02:02:42 +0000 |
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| committer | Roland McGrath <roland@gnu.org> | 1992-10-20 02:02:42 +0000 |
| commit | 10eed5df74e056c664455081d1945b23be5adb23 (patch) | |
| tree | 4e6d10ab1a9adaf258edfc8dbb0cc4c2d553178c /manual/search.texi | |
| parent | 46b3719064a5f5b633b3ae2e41803a90e6b155e8 (diff) | |
Miscellaneous corrections after 1st proofreading.
Also added many comments with !!! marking problem spots.
Diffstat (limited to 'manual/search.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | manual/search.texi | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/manual/search.texi b/manual/search.texi index a58106474d..9dfed66bad 100644 --- a/manual/search.texi +++ b/manual/search.texi @@ -107,14 +107,14 @@ To sort an array using an arbitrary comparison function, use the The @var{qsort} function sorts the array @var{array}. The array contains @var{count} elements, each of which is of size @var{size}. -The @var{compare} function is used to compare perform the comparison on -the array elements. This function is called with two pointer arguments -and should return an integer less than, equal to, or greater than zero +The @var{compare} function is used to perform the comparison on the +array elements. This function is called with two pointer arguments and +should return an integer less than, equal to, or greater than zero corresponding to whether its first argument is considered less than, equal to, or greater than its second argument. @cindex stable sorting -@strong{Warning:} if two objects compare as equal, their order after +@strong{Warning:} If two objects compare as equal, their order after sorting is unpredictable. That is to say, the sorting is not stable. This can make a difference when the comparison considers only part of the elements. Two elements with the same sort key may differ in other |