Re: Baby X is bor nagain

Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> writes:

James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> writes:
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[on the requirements for qsort]
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I certainly would favor improved wording that made this clearer.
In fact, simply explicitly mandating total ordering rather than
making a vague comment about consistency would probably be the
best approach.

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Clearly the C standard intends to impose a weaker requirement
than that the comparison function be a total ordering.

The plot thickens.  Unless, of course, you are referring to the
distinction you drew before between an ordering of all possible objects
and only those in the array.

--
Ben.