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Re: standard error codes

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From Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Date Tue, 10 Jan 2017 13:03:21 -0800
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Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> writes:
> On Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at 8:01:26 PM UTC, Keith Thompson wrote:
>> 
>> The question remains, is it significantly more efficient to return
>> a zero/nonzero result than a negative/zero/positive result?
>> 
> C++ std::sort is built on a < operator which returns true if a < b, and
> has to be called a bit clumsily if(!(a < b) && !( b <a)) for equality.
> That gives it a slight benefit over qsort which insists on a three-way
> comparison.

What "slight benefit" are you referring to?  If you mean there's a
performance improvement, do you have measurements?

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  Re: standard  error codes Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2017-01-08 11:05 -0800
    Re: standard  error codes Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2017-01-09 03:33 -0800
      Re: standard  error codes Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2017-01-09 04:55 -0800
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                Re: standard error codes BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-01-10 01:39 +0000
                Re: standard error codes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-10 09:07 -0800
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                Re: standard error codes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-10 12:02 -0800
                Re: standard error codes Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2017-01-10 12:53 -0800
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                Re: standard error codes Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-11 20:10 +0000
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                Re: standard error codes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-11 13:01 -0800
                Re: standard error codes Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-11 21:05 +0000
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                Re: standard error codes Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2017-01-11 21:38 +0000
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                Re: standard error codes David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-01-12 12:11 +0100
                Re: standard error codes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-12 09:28 -0800
                Re: standard error codes Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-12 18:06 +0000
                Re: standard error codes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-12 11:39 -0800
                Re: standard error codes Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-12 19:50 +0000
                Re: standard error codes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-12 13:03 -0800
                Re: standard error codes Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-12 21:13 +0000
                Re: standard error codes <william@wilbur.25thandClement.com> - 2017-01-12 20:00 -0800
                Re: standard error codes Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2017-01-13 01:56 -0800
                Re: standard error codes Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-13 12:54 +0000
                Re: standard error codes Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-13 09:35 -0800
                Re: standard error codes Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-13 17:38 +0000
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                Re: standard error codes Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-18 12:13 +0000
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                Re: standard error codes raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2017-01-12 19:33 +0000
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                Re: standard error codes Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-11 20:38 +0000
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