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-- Sort Utility (Using Bubblesort Algorithm)
-- This package provides a bubblesort routine that works with access to
-- subprogram parameters, so that it can be used with different types with
-- shared sorting code.
-- See also GNAT.Bubble_Sort_G and GNAT.Bubble_Sort_A. These are older
-- versions of this routine. In some cases GNAT.Bubble_Sort_G may be a
-- little faster than GNAT.Bubble_Sort, at the expense of generic code
-- duplication and a less convenient interface. The generic version also
-- has the advantage of being Pure, while this unit can only be Preelaborate.
package GNAT.Bubble_Sort is
pragma Preelaborate;
-- The data to be sorted is assumed to be indexed by integer values from
-- 1 to N, where N is the number of items to be sorted.
type Xchg_Procedure is access procedure (Op1, Op2 : Natural);
-- A pointer to a procedure that exchanges the two data items whose
-- index values are Op1 and Op2.
type Lt_Function is access function (Op1, Op2 : Natural) return Boolean;
-- A pointer to a function that compares two items and returns True if
-- the item with index value Op1 is less than the item with Index value
-- Op2, and False if the Op1 item is greater than or equal to the Op2
-- item.
procedure Sort (N : Natural; Xchg : Xchg_Procedure; Lt : Lt_Function);
-- This procedures sorts items in the range from 1 to N into ascending
-- order making calls to Lt to do required comparisons, and calls to
-- Xchg to exchange items. The sort is stable, that is the order of
-- equal items in the input is preserved.
end GNAT.Bubble_Sort;
