Le 08/09/2006 12:19 PM, « [NOM] » <[ADRESSE]> a écrit :

> On Sep 08, 2006, at 16:12 UTC, Daniel Pereira wrote:
> 
>> I would like to know what is the algorithm used in the sort method of
> the
>> listbox (quicksort, mergesort...)
> 
> Why?

The main reason I want to know if is stable. I want to use it to sort
multicolumn list using comparerows. Otherwise, I will have to adapt to my
needs the very good sort library of Charles Yeomans.


> I might speculate that at one point it was a combination of quicksort
> and mergesort, but I wouldn't assume that it's still that, or would
> continue to be that in the future.  If you want to know its performance
> characteristics, you should just measure them.
> 
> Best,
> - Joe
> 
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