Re: Restrictions on qsort compare function?

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From: M. J. Saltzman
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 16:12

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I wrote:

>             It would surprise me not at all if qsort() relied on
                                                         ^^^^^^^^^
>sort_func() having the property that

>	!!sort_func(p1, p2) == -1 * !!sort_func(p2, p1)

Of course, in comp.std.c, I should have said "...were permitted to rely on..."
-- 
		Matthew Saltzman
		Clemson University Math Sciences
		mjs@clemson.edu

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