On Sep 08, 2006, at 16:34 UTC, Charles Yeomans wrote: > But, as you know, there is a significant difference between quicksort > and mergesort -- mergesort is stable if so implemented. This would > be a useful property for sorting a listbox, so it would be nice if > listbox sorting were stable, and documented to be so.
Very true. But if there is no such documentation, then I think a feature request is in order. Now that you mention it, my previous speculations had more to do with Array.Sort, not Listbox.Sort. I do vaguely imagine considerations of stability in listbox sorting that may not apply to array sorting. Has anyone observed instability in the listbox sort? A single such observation would put an end to that speculation. (Of course, if we can't find a case where the sort is unstable, that really doesn't prove anything, though it would be suggestive.) Best, - Joe -- Joe Strout -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Verified Express, LLC "Making the Internet a Better Place" http://www.verex.com/ _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
