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   3 --                         GNAT RUN-TIME COMPONENTS                         --
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  31
  32 --  Sort Utility (Using Bubblesort Algorithm)
  33
  34 --  This package provides a bubblesort routine that works with access to
  35 --  subprogram parameters, so that it can be used with different types with
  36 --  shared sorting code.
  37
  38 --  See also GNAT.Bubble_Sort_G and GNAT.Bubble_Sort_A. These are older
  39 --  versions of this routine. In some cases GNAT.Bubble_Sort_G may be a
  40 --  little faster than GNAT.Bubble_Sort, at the expense of generic code
  41 --  duplication and a less convenient interface. The generic version also
  42 --  has the advantage of being Pure, while this unit can only be Preelaborate.
  43
  44 package GNAT.Bubble_Sort is
  45    pragma Pure;
  46
  47    --  The data to be sorted is assumed to be indexed by integer values from
  48    --  1 to N, where N is the number of items to be sorted.
  49
  50    type Xchg_Procedure is access procedure (Op1, Op2 : Natural);
  51    --  A pointer to a procedure that exchanges the two data items whose
  52    --  index values are Op1 and Op2.
  53
  54    type Lt_Function is access function (Op1, Op2 : Natural) return Boolean;
  55    --  A pointer to a function that compares two items and returns True if
  56    --  the item with index value Op1 is less than the item with Index value
  57    --  Op2, and False if the Op1 item is greater than or equal to the Op2
  58    --  item.
  59
  60    procedure Sort (N : Natural; Xchg : Xchg_Procedure; Lt : Lt_Function);
  61    --  This procedures sorts items in the range from 1 to N into ascending
  62    --  order making calls to Lt to do required comparisons, and calls to
  63    --  Xchg to exchange items. The sort is stable, that is the order of
  64    --  equal items in the input is preserved.
  65
  66 end GNAT.Bubble_Sort;