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Subject: Re: mergesort code segfaulting on smallish arrays
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Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> writes:

>> Isn't it the case that the routine being discussed is supposed to
>> be able to return the value high? ...
>
> Yes, it should.  But DFS' implementation is absolutely confused.

Yours is nothing to write home about.