Re: Restrictions on qsort compare function?

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From: Peter Curran
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 01:54

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On Mon, 8 Apr 1996 23:00:47 GMT in article <DpKFxB.BGG@thinkage.on.ca>
    dat@thinkage.on.ca (David Adrien Tanguay) (David Adrien Tanguay) wrote:

>For Peter Curran: What if a particular comparison function causes some qsort
>to go into an infinite loop? Is that a non-conforming qsort or a n-c
>comparison function?

Assuming a comparison function such as I have hypothesized, based on the text of
the current standard, I would have to say it is a non-conforming qsort.  This is
a ridiculous result, of course, but I think it is a reasonable interpretation of
the current text.

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Peter Curran                               pcurran@inforamp.net

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From: pcurran@inforamp.net (Peter Curran)
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Subject: Re: Restrictions on qsort compare function?
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