Hi Pypies, I'm new to the list, so let me start by saying I totally love pypy and am using it for my bioinformatics codes.
I realise this isn't exactly a pypy specific problem, by the standard array module doesn't provide sort() on arrays. In consequence you either have to convert them to lists and use list.sort() or you have to implement sort on them yourself. I've implemented several sorts (radix, american flag, quick sort, in-place heap sort) and they all perform slower than converting to a list and sorting that. It strikes me that any python implementation should benefit from an array.sort() method since unboxing/type checking is unnecessary. What is the wisdom of this community on the matter? It's something I'd consider taking on if it was generally deemed worthwhile. Tom. -- Thomas Conway drt...@gmail.com My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world. - Jack Layton
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