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| From | Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> |
| Subject | Re: Did the sort do anything? |
| References | <eskis656eeu0of5f5do1ogdpfbdau3d06i@4ax.com> |
| Message-ID | <slrnisiot7.phi.avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> (permalink) |
| Date | 2011-05-10 16:11 +0000 |
Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> wrote: > Often you sort things when they are already sorted. > I am interested in simple algorithms to detect whether the sort > actually did anything. > Some suggestions: > 1. do a pairwise compare of the times before the sort, and if all is > in order, bypass the sort. > 2. back a copy of the unsorted list of items. After the sort, do a > pairwise compare for identity. If all are identical, the sort did not > do anything. > 3. write your own sort that has a boolean function you can ask if it > moved anything. > 4. do some sort of checksum before and after. 5. wrap the Collection such, that certain modifications set an "unsorted"- flag, e.g. if an element is inserted/replaced/appended that doesn't compare in the intended way with its neighbours. Then shortcut the sort, if the said flag is clear.
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Re: Did the sort do anything? Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-14 23:24 -0400
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Re: Did the sort do anything? Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-15 07:00 -0400
Re: Did the sort do anything? Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-05-15 15:09 +0100
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Re: Did the sort do anything? Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-05-15 22:38 -0400
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Re: Did the sort do anything? markspace <-@.> - 2011-05-16 14:14 -0700
Re: Did the sort do anything? Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-15 22:40 -0400
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Re: Did the sort do anything? Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-05-15 19:50 -0700
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Re: Did the sort do anything? "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2011-05-16 03:35 -0400
Re: Did the sort do anything? Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-16 03:44 -0400
Re: Did the sort do anything? Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-05-16 03:53 -0700
Re: Did the sort do anything? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-17 00:02 +1200
Re: Did the sort do anything? "javax.swing.JSnarker" <gharriman@boojum.mit.edu> - 2011-05-16 08:05 -0400
Re: Did the sort do anything? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-17 09:12 +1200
Re: Did the sort do anything? Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-16 17:32 -0400
Re: Did the sort do anything? thoolen <thoolen@tholenbot.thorium> - 2011-05-16 18:09 -0400
Re: Did the sort do anything? Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-16 10:02 -0400
Re: Did the sort do anything? Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-05-16 07:16 -0700
Re: Did the sort do anything? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-17 09:11 +1200
Re: Did the sort do anything? Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-05-16 15:00 -0700
Re: Did the sort do anything? Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-16 21:08 -0400
Re: Did the sort do anything? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-17 19:11 +1200
Re: Did the sort do anything? Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-05-17 02:34 -0700
Re: Did the sort do anything? Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-17 07:19 -0400
[OT] Naming conventions. Was: Re: Did the sort do anything? Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-05-17 06:52 -0700
Re: Naming conventions. Was: Re: Did the sort do anything? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-05-18 01:22 -0700
Re: Naming conventions. Was: Re: Did the sort do anything? Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-05-18 03:42 -0700
Re: Naming conventions. Was: Re: Did the sort do anything? RedGrittyBrick <RedGrittyBrick@spamweary.invalid> - 2011-05-18 11:53 +0100
Re: Naming conventions. Was: Re: Did the sort do anything? Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-18 13:07 -0400
Re: Naming conventions. Was: Re: Did the sort do anything? Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-05-18 10:37 -0700
Re: Naming conventions. Was: Re: Did the sort do anything? Heike Svensson <hsvensson.1093x1_q@hotmail.nospam.com.please> - 2011-05-19 01:29 -0400
Re: Naming conventions. Was: Re: Did the sort do anything? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-05-19 08:28 +0200
Re: Naming conventions. Was: Re: Did the sort do anything? Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-19 08:50 -0400
Re: Did the sort do anything? Boojum <boojum42@gmai1.c0m> - 2011-05-18 07:19 -0400
Re: Did the sort do anything? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-20 18:46 +1200
Re: Did the sort do anything? Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-20 07:10 -0400
Re: Did the sort do anything? Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-17 07:16 -0400
Re: Did the sort do anything? Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-05-17 06:56 -0700
Re: Did the sort do anything? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-20 18:46 +1200
Re: Did the sort do anything? Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-20 07:11 -0400
Re: Did the sort do anything? Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-05-20 05:00 -0700
Re: Did the sort do anything? Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-05-20 05:20 -0700
Re: Did the sort do anything? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-21 09:56 +1200
Re: Did the sort do anything? Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-20 18:12 -0400
Re: Did the sort do anything? Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-05-20 21:26 -0700
Re: Did the sort do anything? Gheerax IV <gheerax.4@gmail.invalid> - 2011-05-17 06:58 +0000
Re: Did the sort do anything? Unitary Matrix <umatrix668@gmail.com> - 2011-05-17 00:13 -0700
Re: Did the sort do anything? markspace <-@.> - 2011-05-17 07:41 -0700
Re: Did the sort do anything? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-05-13 07:42 -0700
Re: Did the sort do anything? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-05-13 21:28 +0200
Re: Did the sort do anything? Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-05-11 21:32 +0100
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