Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > comp.lang.c > #27522 > unrolled thread

How to apply qsort() with a parameter?

Back to article view | Back to comp.lang.c

Contents

  How to apply qsort() with a parameter? rouben@shadow.(none) (Rouben Rostamian) - 2012-10-22 17:51 +0000
    Re: How to apply qsort() with a parameter? ImpalerCore <jadill33@gmail.com> - 2012-10-22 11:18 -0700
      Re: How to apply qsort() with a parameter? ImpalerCore <jadill33@gmail.com> - 2012-10-22 11:26 -0700
      Re: How to apply qsort() with a parameter? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-10-22 20:27 +0100
    Re: How to apply qsort() with a parameter? tom st denis <tom@iahu.ca> - 2012-10-22 11:38 -0700
    Re: How to apply qsort() with a parameter? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-10-22 14:41 -0400
      Re: How to apply qsort() with a parameter? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-10-22 14:59 -0400
        Re: How to apply qsort() with a parameter? tom st denis <tom@iahu.ca> - 2012-10-22 13:25 -0700
          Re: How to apply qsort() with a parameter? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-10-22 16:54 -0400
            Re: How to apply qsort() with a parameter? Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2012-10-22 23:25 -0500
              Re: How to apply qsort() with a parameter? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-10-23 07:42 -0400
              Re: How to apply qsort() with a parameter? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-10-23 08:14 -0400
            Re: How to apply qsort() with a parameter? tom st denis <tom@iahu.ca> - 2012-10-23 07:05 -0700
              Re: How to apply qsort() with a parameter? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-10-23 10:13 -0400
      Re: How to apply qsort() with a parameter? "Scott Fluhrer" <sfluhrer@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-10-23 10:28 -0400
        Re: How to apply qsort() with a parameter? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-10-23 10:56 -0400
    Re: How to apply qsort() with a parameter? Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2012-10-22 15:30 -0700
    Re: How to apply qsort() with a parameter? rouben@shady.(none) (Rouben Rostamian) - 2012-10-23 03:52 +0000
      Re: How to apply qsort() with a parameter? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-10-22 22:46 -0700
        Re: How to apply qsort() with a parameter? pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-10-23 16:03 -0400
      Re: How to apply qsort() with a parameter? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-10-23 06:43 -0700

Page 2 of 2 — ← Prev page 1 [2]

#27572

On Tuesday, October 23, 2012 4:52:28 AM UTC+1, none wrote:
> In article <k6413q$l7u$1@news.albasani.net>,
> 
> Thank you everyone for your suggestions and comments. 
> I knew about GNU's qsort_r() with its extra parameter.
> It does exactly what I need.  The reason I asked the
> question here is that I was holding out hope that
> there may be a way of doing something similar in 
> standard C.  From the responses it appears that it is
> not possible.
>
No, it's a design fault with qsort(). Functions that take a fucntion pointer 
should also take an arbitrary void * which they pass back as a parameter.
But qsort() was very early, before this was realised.

[toc] | [prev] | [standalone]

Page 2 of 2 — ← Prev page 1 [2]

Back to top | Article view | comp.lang.c

csiph-web