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   3 --                         GNAT RUN-TIME COMPONENTS                         --
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   5 --                     G N A T . H E A P _ S O R T _ G                      --
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  33
  34 --  Heapsort generic package using formal procedures
  35
  36 --  This package provides a generic heapsort routine that can be used with
  37 --  different types of data.
  38
  39 --  See also GNAT.Heap_Sort, a version that works with subprogram access
  40 --  parameters, allowing code sharing. The generic version is slightly more
  41 --  efficient but does not allow code sharing and has an interface that is
  42 --  more awkward to use. The generic version is also Pure, while the access
  43 --  subprogram version can only be Preelaborate.
  44
  45 --  There is also GNAT.Heap_Sort_A, which is now considered obsolete, but
  46 --  was an older version working with subprogram parameters. This version
  47 --  is retained for backwards compatibility with old versions of GNAT.
  48
  49 --  This heapsort algorithm uses approximately N*log(N) compares in the
  50 --  worst case and is in place with no additional storage required. See
  51 --  the body for exact details of the algorithm used.
  52
  53 generic
  54    --  The data to be sorted is assumed to be indexed by integer values from
  55    --  1 to N, where N is the number of items to be sorted. In addition, the
  56    --  index value zero is used for a temporary location used during the sort.
  57
  58    with procedure Move (From : Natural; To : Natural);
  59    --  A procedure that moves the data item with index value From to the data
  60    --  item with index value To (the old value in To being lost). An index
  61    --  value of zero is used for moves from and to a single temporary location.
  62    --  For best efficiency, this routine should be marked as inlined.
  63
  64    with function Lt (Op1, Op2 : Natural) return Boolean;
  65    --  A function that compares two items and returns True if the item with
  66    --  index Op1 is less than the item with Index Op2, and False if the Op1
  67    --  item is greater than the Op2 item. If the two items are equal, then
  68    --  it does not matter whether True or False is returned (it is slightly
  69    --  more efficient to return False). For best efficiency, this routine
  70    --  should be marked as inlined.
  71
  72    --  Note on use of temporary location
  73
  74    --  There are two ways of providing for the index value zero to represent
  75    --  a temporary value. Either an extra location can be allocated at the
  76    --  start of the array, or alternatively the Move and Lt subprograms can
  77    --  test for the case of zero and treat it specially. In any case it is
  78    --  desirable to specify the two subprograms as inlined and the tests for
  79    --  zero will in this case be resolved at instantiation time.
  80
  81 package GNAT.Heap_Sort_G is
  82    pragma Pure;
  83
  84    procedure Sort (N : Natural);
  85    --  This procedures sorts items in the range from 1 to N into ascending
  86    --  order making calls to Lt to do required comparisons, and Move to move
  87    --  items around. Note that, as described above, both Move and Lt use a
  88    --  single temporary location with index value zero. This sort is not
  89    --  stable, i.e. the order of equal elements in the input is not preserved.
  90
  91 end GNAT.Heap_Sort_G;