Re: Sorting in-place? (Whoops!)

[Randal L. Schwartz]

>>>>> "Clinton" == Clinton A Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Clinton> On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 10:47:05AM -0400, Clinton A . Pierce wrote:
>> for(0..20) { push(@r, int rand(50)) }

Clinton> Followup to myself, the result of this is entirely dependant on how
Clinton> the list is created.   The problem, it seems, is in the 
Clinton>                newSViv(a>b?1:-1)
Clinton> statement.  It was a poor choice to find relative positions within the
Clinton> list.  Heh.  Sorry 'bout that.  :)

Ahh.  I was wondering about that!  So you did the equivalent of

        \$a > \$b ? 1 : -1

inside the sort function... a value we already had. :)

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