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+/* Sort a vector of pointers to data.
+
+ Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+ any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */
+
+/* Written by Paul Eggert. */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+#include "mpsort.h"
+
+#include <string.h>
+
+/* The type of qsort-style comparison functions. */
+
+typedef int (*comparison_function) (void const *, void const *);
+
+static void mpsort_with_tmp (void const **restrict, size_t,
+ void const **restrict, comparison_function);
+
+/* Sort a vector BASE containing N pointers, placing the sorted array
+ into TMP. Compare pointers with CMP. N must be at least 2. */
+
+static void
+mpsort_into_tmp (void const **restrict base, size_t n,
+ void const **restrict tmp,
+ comparison_function cmp)
+{
+ size_t n1 = n / 2;
+ size_t n2 = n - n1;
+ size_t a = 0;
+ size_t alim = n1;
+ size_t b = n1;
+ size_t blim = n;
+ void const *ba;
+ void const *bb;
+
+ mpsort_with_tmp (base + n1, n2, tmp, cmp);
+ mpsort_with_tmp (base, n1, tmp, cmp);
+
+ ba = base[a];
+ bb = base[b];
+
+ for (;;)
+ if (cmp (ba, bb) <= 0)
+ {
+ *tmp++ = ba;
+ a++;
+ if (a == alim)
+ {
+ a = b;
+ alim = blim;
+ break;
+ }
+ ba = base[a];
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ *tmp++ = bb;
+ b++;
+ if (b == blim)
+ break;
+ bb = base[b];
+ }
+
+ memcpy (tmp, base + a, (alim - a) * sizeof *base);
+}
+
+/* Sort a vector BASE containing N pointers, in place. Use TMP
+ (containing N / 2 pointers) for temporary storage. Compare
+ pointers with CMP. */
+
+static void
+mpsort_with_tmp (void const **restrict base, size_t n,
+ void const **restrict tmp,
+ comparison_function cmp)
+{
+ if (n <= 2)
+ {
+ if (n == 2)
+ {
+ void const *p0 = base[0];
+ void const *p1 = base[1];
+ if (! (cmp (p0, p1) <= 0))
+ {
+ base[0] = p1;
+ base[1] = p0;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ size_t n1 = n / 2;
+ size_t n2 = n - n1;
+ size_t i;
+ size_t t = 0;
+ size_t tlim = n1;
+ size_t b = n1;
+ size_t blim = n;
+ void const *bb;
+ void const *tt;
+
+ mpsort_with_tmp (base + n1, n2, tmp, cmp);
+
+ if (n1 < 2)
+ tmp[0] = base[0];
+ else
+ mpsort_into_tmp (base, n1, tmp, cmp);
+
+ tt = tmp[t];
+ bb = base[b];
+
+ for (i = 0; ; )
+ if (cmp (tt, bb) <= 0)
+ {
+ base[i++] = tt;
+ t++;
+ if (t == tlim)
+ break;
+ tt = tmp[t];
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ base[i++] = bb;
+ b++;
+ if (b == blim)
+ {
+ memcpy (base + i, tmp + t, (tlim - t) * sizeof *base);
+ break;
+ }
+ bb = base[b];
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+/* Sort a vector BASE containing N pointers, in place. BASE must
+ contain enough storage to hold N + N / 2 vectors; the trailing
+ vectors are used for temporaries. Compare pointers with CMP. */
+
+void
+mpsort (void const **base, size_t n, comparison_function cmp)
+{
+ mpsort_with_tmp (base, n, base + n, cmp);
+}