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   3 --                         GNAT RUNTIME COMPONENTS                          --
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   5 --                     G N A T . B U B B L E _ S O R T                      --
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  33
  34 --  Sort Utility (Using Bubblesort Algorithm)
  35
  36 --  This package provides a bubblesort routine that works with access to
  37 --  subprogram parameters, so that it can be used with different types with
  38 --  shared sorting code.
  39
  40 --  See also GNAT.Bubble_Sort_G and GNAT.Bubble_Sort_A. These are older
  41 --  versions of this routine. In some cases GNAT.Bubble_Sort_G may be a
  42 --  little faster than GNAT.Bubble_Sort, at the expense of generic code
  43 --  duplication and a less convenient interface. The generic version also
  44 --  has the advantage of being Pure, while this unit can only be Preelaborate.
  45
  46 package GNAT.Bubble_Sort is
  47 pragma Preelaborate (Bubble_Sort);
  48
  49    --  The data to be sorted is assumed to be indexed by integer values from
  50    --  1 to N, where N is the number of items to be sorted.
  51
  52    type Xchg_Procedure is access procedure (Op1, Op2 : Natural);
  53    --  A pointer to a procedure that exchanges the two data items whose
  54    --  index values are Op1 and Op2.
  55
  56    type Lt_Function is access function (Op1, Op2 : Natural) return Boolean;
  57    --  A pointer to a function that compares two items and returns True if
  58    --  the item with index value Op1 is less than the item with Index value
  59    --  Op2, and False if the Op1 item is greater than or equal to the Op2
  60    --  item.
  61
  62    procedure Sort (N : Natural; Xchg : Xchg_Procedure; Lt : Lt_Function);
  63    --  This procedures sorts items in the range from 1 to N into ascending
  64    --  order making calls to Lt to do required comparisons, and calls to
  65    --  Xchg to exchange items. The sort is stable, that is the order of
  66    --  equal items in the input is preserved.
  67
  68 end GNAT.Bubble_Sort;