On Tuesday, 16 October 2012 at 00:42:55 UTC, Jonathan M Davis
wrote:
On Monday, October 15, 2012 23:35:59 Mehrdad wrote:
auto sorted(alias F = q{a < b}, SwapStrategy S =
SwapStrategy.unstable, R)(R range)
{
auto arr = range.array();
arr.sort!(F, S)();
return arr;
}
What does this gain over sort? If you use sort
auto result = sort(range);
you get a SortedRange, which functions like find can take
advantage of, and
it's one line just like your sorted function. If you need a new
array for it,
then just call array.
auto result = sort(array(range));
Hmm, I didn't know 'sort' returns a value. That's very confusing
since now I have no idea if it's mutating or not. Python has both
sort and sorted, with clear meanings. (The goal was to make a
non-mutating version that I could call functional.) Maybe we
should clarify what sort exactly does and doesn't do...
