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/* qsort( void *, size_t, size_t, int(*)( const void *, const void * ) )

   This file is part of the Public Domain C Library (PDCLib).
   Permission is granted to use, modify, and / or redistribute at will.
*/

#include <stdlib.h>

#ifndef REGTEST

/* This implementation is taken from Paul Edward's PDPCLIB.

   Original code is credited to Raymond Gardner, Englewood CO.
   Minor mods are credited to Paul Edwards.
   Some reformatting and simplification done by Martin Baute.
   All code is still Public Domain.
*/

/* Wrapper for _PDCLIB_memswp protects against multiple argument evaluation. */
static _PDCLIB_inline void memswp( char * i, char * j, size_t size )
{
    _PDCLIB_memswp( i, j, size );
}

/* For small sets, insertion sort is faster than quicksort.
   T is the threshold below which insertion sort will be used.
   Must be 3 or larger.
*/
#define T 7

/* Macros for handling the QSort stack */
#define PREPARE_STACK char * stack[STACKSIZE]; char ** stackptr = stack
#define PUSH( base, limit ) stackptr[0] = base; stackptr[1] = limit; stackptr += 2
#define POP( base, limit ) stackptr -= 2; base = stackptr[0]; limit = stackptr[1]
/* TODO: Stack usage is log2( nmemb ) (minus what T shaves off the worst case).
         Worst-case nmemb is platform dependent and should probably be
         configured through _PDCLIB_config.h.
*/
#define STACKSIZE 64

void qsort( void * base, size_t nmemb, size_t size, int ( *compar )( const void *, const void * ) )
{
    char * i;
    char * j;
    _PDCLIB_size_t thresh = T * size;
    char * base_          = ( char * )base;
    char * limit          = base_ + nmemb * size;
    PREPARE_STACK;

    for ( ;; )
    {
        if ( ( size_t )( limit - base_ ) > thresh ) /* QSort for more than T elements. */
        {
            /* We work from second to last - first will be pivot element. */
            i = base_ + size;
            j = limit - size;
            /* We swap first with middle element, then sort that with second
               and last element so that eventually first element is the median
               of the three - avoiding pathological pivots.
               TODO: Instead of middle element, chose one randomly.
            */
            memswp( ( ( ( ( size_t )( limit - base_ ) ) / size ) / 2 ) * size + base_, base_, size );

            if ( compar( i, j ) > 0 )
            {
                memswp( i, j, size );
            }

            if ( compar( base_, j ) > 0 )
            {
                memswp( base_, j, size );
            }

            if ( compar( i, base_ ) > 0 )
            {
                memswp( i, base_, size );
            }

            /* Now we have the median for pivot element, entering main Quicksort. */
            for ( ;; )
            {
                do
                {
                    /* move i right until *i >= pivot */
                    i += size;
                } while ( compar( i, base_ ) < 0 );

                do
                {
                    /* move j left until *j <= pivot */
                    j -= size;