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authorRoland McGrath <roland@gnu.org>1995-02-18 01:27:10 +0000
committerRoland McGrath <roland@gnu.org>1995-02-18 01:27:10 +0000
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+/* msort -- an alternative to qsort, with an identical interface.
+ Copyright (C) 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Written by Mike Haertel, September 1988.
+
+This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+Library General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If
+not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,
+Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
+
+#include <ansidecl.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#define MEMCPY(dst, src, s) \
+ ((s) == sizeof (int) \
+ ? (*(int *) (dst) = *(int *) (src), (dst)) \
+ : memcpy (dst, src, s))
+
+static void
+DEFUN(msort_with_tmp, (b, n, s, cmp, t),
+ PTR b AND size_t n AND size_t s AND __compar_fn_t cmp AND char *t)
+{
+ char *tmp;
+ char *b1, *b2;
+ size_t n1, n2;
+
+ if (n <= 1)
+ return;
+
+ n1 = n / 2;
+ n2 = n - n1;
+ b1 = b;
+ b2 = (char *) b + (n1 * s);
+
+ msort_with_tmp (b1, n1, s, cmp, t);
+ msort_with_tmp (b2, n2, s, cmp, t);
+
+ tmp = t;
+
+ while (n1 > 0 && n2 > 0)
+ {
+ if ((*cmp) (b1, b2) <= 0)
+ {
+ MEMCPY (tmp, b1, s);
+ b1 += s;
+ --n1;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ MEMCPY (tmp, b2, s);
+ b2 += s;
+ --n2;
+ }
+ tmp += s;
+ }
+ if (n1 > 0)
+ memcpy (tmp, b1, n1 * s);
+ memcpy (b, t, (n - n2) * s);
+}
+
+void
+DEFUN(qsort, (b, n, s, cmp),
+ PTR b AND size_t n AND size_t s AND __compar_fn_t cmp)
+{
+ CONST size_t size = n * s;
+
+ if (size < 1024)
+ /* The temporary array is small, so put it on the stack. */
+ msort_with_tmp (b, n, s, cmp, __alloca (size));
+ else
+ {
+ /* It's somewhat large, so malloc it. */
+ int save = errno;
+ char *tmp = malloc (size);
+ if (tmp == NULL)
+ {
+ /* Couldn't get space, so use the slower algorithm
+ that doesn't need a temporary array. */
+ extern void EXFUN(_quicksort, (PTR __base,
+ size_t __nmemb, size_t __size,
+ __compar_fn_t __compar));
+ _quicksort (b, n, s, cmp);
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ msort_with_tmp (b, n, s, cmp, tmp);
+ free (tmp);
+ }
+ errno = save;
+ }
+}