Re: Making sort a method of Array<T>, Sparse<T> and octave_value classes

[John W. Eaton]

On 31-Jan-2008, David Bateman wrote:

| I see no reason not to do, but there are many ways to do it, and maybe
| you don't agree with the one I picked.. Since if this patch is accepted
| it'll be the model for how the others are converted to behave in a
| similar manner it makes sense to get the way its implemented to be the
| closest to what you'd like to see.

It seems OK to me.

One thing I don't quite get is the purpose of NO_INSTANTIATE_ARRAY_SORT.

| Note that I have a new version of this patch that adds tests for cell
| string arrays and int -> octave_idx_type changes in oct-sort.{cc,h} for
| 64-bit platforms, though that doesn't change the basic idea of the patch
| and so I won't send it to the list to avoid mail bombing everyone.

If you think it is complete (or close), then please check it in.

Thanks,

jwe