Re: [gtk-list] Re: g_[s]list_qsort suggestion

[George <jirka 5z com>]

> though just changing the ->data portion of all the GList structures is
> an efficient solution, this is not always what's needed. we loose the
> ability to hold GList pointers across g_list_qsort() invokations with this.
> 
> GList *sort_me;
> 
> [...]
> 
> GList *first_item;
> 
> first_item = sort_me;
> 
> sort_me = g_list_qsort (sort_me, SomeSortFunc);
> 
> [now, `first_item' still points to the first GList structure, but not to the same
>  ->data anymore.]

how about making two functions g_list_qsort and g_list_qsort_fast, where the fast
version would not shuffle the pointers around, but just the ->data

George

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