Re: Re: qsort fix
| From: | Rasmus Lerdorf | Date: | Fri, 28 May 1999 17:06:28 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: qsort fix | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.dev |
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> I actually think it's legitimate. If your comparison function isn't
> deterministic, the sorting algorithm may not make sense, and it
> assumptions one makes when designing a sorting algorithm (at the very
> least, that there's an order defined on the to-be-sorted set) end up not
> being valid, and may screw the algorithm.
Then that should be stated. Especially when all other implementations
don't crash on this.
-Rasmus
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