#ifndef NALL_SORT_HPP #define NALL_SORT_HPP #include #include //class: merge sort //average: O(n log n) //worst: O(n log n) //memory: O(n) //stack: O(log n) //stable?: yes //note: merge sort was chosen over quick sort, because: //* it is a stable sort //* it lacks O(n^2) worst-case overhead #define NALL_SORT_INSERTION //#define NALL_SORT_SELECTION namespace nall { template void sort(T list[], unsigned size, const Comparator& lessthan) { if(size <= 1) return; //nothing to sort //use insertion sort to quickly sort smaller blocks if(size < 64) { #if defined(NALL_SORT_INSERTION) for(signed i = 1, j; i < size; i++) { T copy = std::move(list[i]); for(j = i - 1; j >= 0; j--) { if(!lessthan(copy, list[j])) break; list[j + 1] = std::move(list[j]); } list[j + 1] = std::move(copy); } #elif defined(NALL_SORT_SELECTION) for(unsigned i = 0; i < size; i++) { unsigned min = i; for(unsigned j = i + 1; j < size; j++) { if(lessthan(list[j], list[min])) min = j; } if(min != i) std::swap(list[i], list[min]); } #endif return; } //split list in half and recursively sort both unsigned middle = size / 2; sort(list, middle, lessthan); sort(list + middle, size - middle, lessthan); //left and right are sorted here; perform merge sort T* buffer = new T[size]; unsigned offset = 0, left = 0, right = middle; while(left < middle && right < size) { if(!lessthan(list[right], list[left])) { buffer[offset++] = std::move(list[left++]); } else { buffer[offset++] = std::move(list[right++]); } } while(left < middle) buffer[offset++] = std::move(list[left++]); while(right < size) buffer[offset++] = std::move(list[right++]); for(unsigned i = 0; i < size; i++) list[i] = std::move(buffer[i]); delete[] buffer; } template void sort(T list[], unsigned size) { return sort(list, size, [](const T& l, const T& r) { return l < r; }); } } #endif