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digitalmars.D - array.sort - What algorithm is being used here?

reply "Daniel Harper" <djharperuk gmail.com> writes:
It's not clear in the documentation 
(http://dlang.org/arrays.html) what sorting algorithm is being 
used behind the array.sort implementation.

Can anyone shed any light? I.e. is it quicksort?
Sep 16 2012
next sibling parent reply "jerro" <a a.com> writes:
On Sunday, 16 September 2012 at 20:29:50 UTC, Daniel Harper wrote:

 It's not clear in the documentation 
 (http://dlang.org/arrays.html) what sorting algorithm is being 
 used behind the array.sort implementation.

 Can anyone shed any light? I.e. is it quicksort?



It is. The source is here 
https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/druntime/blob/master/src/rt/qsort.d 
. You should probably be using std.algorithm.sort, though.
Sep 16 2012
parent deadalnix <deadalnix gmail.com> writes:
Le 17/09/2012 00:29, Daniel Harper a écrit :

 On Sunday, 16 September 2012 at 20:52:03 UTC, jerro wrote:

 On Sunday, 16 September 2012 at 20:29:50 UTC, Daniel Harper wrote:

 It's not clear in the documentation (http://dlang.org/arrays.html)
 what sorting algorithm is being used behind the array.sort
 implementation.

 Can anyone shed any light? I.e. is it quicksort?



 It is. The source is here
 https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/druntime/blob/master/src/rt/qsort.d
 . You should probably be using std.algorithm.sort, though.



 Thanks for the prompt reply.

 Perhaps the documentation can be updated to reflect this?



I'd argue that .sort must be blasted out of existence.
Sep 16 2012
prev sibling next sibling parent "Daniel Harper" <djharperuk gmail.com> writes:
On Sunday, 16 September 2012 at 20:52:03 UTC, jerro wrote:

 On Sunday, 16 September 2012 at 20:29:50 UTC, Daniel Harper 
 wrote:

 It's not clear in the documentation 
 (http://dlang.org/arrays.html) what sorting algorithm is being 
 used behind the array.sort implementation.

 Can anyone shed any light? I.e. is it quicksort?



 It is. The source is here 
 https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/druntime/blob/master/src/rt/qsort.d 
 . You should probably be using std.algorithm.sort, though.



Thanks for the prompt reply.

Perhaps the documentation can be updated to reflect this?
Sep 16 2012
prev sibling next sibling parent Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisProg gmx.com> writes:
On Monday, September 17, 2012 00:42:40 deadalnix wrote:

 I'd argue that .sort must be blasted out of existence.



I can't remember if it was agreed that it should be deprecated or not. Too 
many items like that are _supposed_ to be deprecated (with Walter's full 
agreement) but still persist, but I don't remember if Walter agreed to axe 
this one or not. I definitely think that it should go though.

- Jonathan M Davis
Sep 16 2012
prev sibling parent "Peter Alexander" <peter.alexander.au gmail.com> writes:
On Monday, 17 September 2012 at 00:09:36 UTC, Jonathan M Davis 
wrote:

 On Monday, September 17, 2012 00:42:40 deadalnix wrote:

 I'd argue that .sort must be blasted out of existence.



 I can't remember if it was agreed that it should be deprecated 
 or not. Too
 many items like that are _supposed_ to be deprecated (with 
 Walter's full
 agreement) but still persist, but I don't remember if Walter 
 agreed to axe
 this one or not. I definitely think that it should go though.

 - Jonathan M Davis



It's on the deprecated list (3rd from bottom): 
http://dlang.org/deprecate.html

No schedule for deprecation though. Just says "future".
Sep 16 2012