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 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
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 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 */



/* Written in December 1998 by Roland Orre <orre@nada.kth.se>
 * This implements the same sort interface as slib/sort.scm
 * for lists and vectors where slib defines:
 * sorted?, merge, merge!, sort, sort!
 * For scsh compatibility sort-list and sort-list! are also defined.
 * In cases where a stable-sort is required use stable-sort or
 * stable-sort!.  An additional feature is
 * (restricted-vector-sort! vector less? startpos endpos)
 * which allows you to sort part of a vector.
 * Thanks to Aubrey Jaffer for the slib/sort.scm library.
 * Thanks to Richard A. O'Keefe (based on Prolog code by D.H.D.Warren)
 * for the merge sort inspiration.
 * Thanks to Douglas C. Schmidt (schmidt@ics.uci.edu) for the
 * quicksort code.
 */

/* We need this to get the definitions for HAVE_ALLOCA_H, etc.  */
#if HAVE_CONFIG_H
#  include <config.h>
#endif

/* do we still need this here? */
#include "libguile/scmconfig.h"

/* AIX requires this to be the first thing in the file.  The #pragma
   directive is indented so pre-ANSI compilers will ignore it, rather
   than choke on it.  */
#ifndef __GNUC__
# if HAVE_ALLOCA_H
#  include <alloca.h>
# else
#  ifdef _AIX
 #pragma alloca
#  else
#   ifndef alloca /* predefined by HP cc +Olibcalls */
char *alloca ();
#   endif
#  endif
# endif
#endif

#include <string.h>
#include "libguile/_scm.h"

#include "libguile/eval.h"
#include "libguile/unif.h"
#include "libguile/ramap.h"
#include "libguile/alist.h"
#include "libguile/feature.h"
#include "libguile/root.h"
#include "libguile/vectors.h"
#include "libguile/lang.h"

#include "libguile/validate.h"
#include "libguile/sort.h"

/* The routine quicksort was extracted from the GNU C Library qsort.c
   written by Douglas C. Schmidt (schmidt@ics.uci.edu)
   and adapted to guile by adding an extra pointer less
   to quicksort by Roland Orre <orre@nada.kth.se>.

   The reason to do this instead of using the library function qsort
   was to avoid dependency of the ANSI-C extensions for local functions
   and also to avoid obscure pool based solutions.

   This sorting routine is not much more efficient than the stable
   version but doesn't consume extra memory.
 */

/* Byte-wise swap two items of size SIZE. */
#define SWAP(a, b, size)                                                      \
  do                                                                          \
    {                                                                         \
      register size_t __size = (size);                                        \
      register char *__a = (a), *__b = (b);                                   \
      do                                                                      \
        {                                                                     \
          char __tmp = *__a;                                                  \
          *__a++ = *__b;                                                      \
          *__b++ = __tmp;                                                     \
        } while (--__size > 0);                                               \
    } while (0)

/* Discontinue quicksort algorithm when partition gets below this size.
   This particular magic number was chosen to work best on a Sun 4/260. */
#define MAX_THRESH 4

/* Stack node declarations used to store unfulfilled partition obligations. */
typedef struct
  {
    char *lo;
    char *hi;
  }
stack_node;

/* The next 4 #defines implement a very fast in-line stack abstraction. */
#define STACK_SIZE      (8 * sizeof(unsigned long int))
#define PUSH(low, high) ((void) ((top->lo = (low)), (top->hi = (high)), ++top))
#define POP(low, high)  ((void) (--top, (low = top->lo), (high = top->hi)))
#define STACK_NOT_EMPTY (stack < top)


/* Order size using quicksort.  This implementation incorporates
   four optimizations discussed in Sedgewick:

   1. Non-recursive, using an explicit stack of pointer that store the
   next array partition to sort.  To save time, this maximum amount
   of space required to store an array of MAX_INT is allocated on the
   stack.  Assuming a 32-bit integer, this needs only 32 *
   sizeof(stack_node) == 136 bits.  Pretty cheap, actually.

   2. Chose the pivot element using a median-of-three decision tree.
   This reduces the probability of selecting a bad pivot value and
   eliminates certain extraneous comparisons.

   3. Only quicksorts TOTAL_ELEMS / MAX_THRESH partitions, leaving
   insertion sort to order the MAX_THRESH items within each partition.
   This is a big win, since insertion sort is faster for small, mostly
   sorted array segments.

   4. The larger of the two sub-partitions is always pushed onto the
   stack first, with the algorithm then concentrating on the
   smaller partition.  This *guarantees* no more than log (n)
   stack size is needed (actually O(1) in this case)!  */

typedef int (*cmp_fun_t) (SCM less,
                          const void*,
                          const void*);

static const char s_buggy_less[] = "buggy less predicate used when sorting";

static void
quicksort (void *const pbase,
           size_t total_elems,
           size_t size,
           cmp_fun_t cmp,
           SCM less)
{
  register char *base_ptr = (char *) pbase;

  /* Allocating SIZE bytes for a pivot buffer facilitates a better
     algorithm below since we can do comparisons directly on the pivot. */
  char *pivot_buffer = (char *) alloca (size);
  const size_t max_thresh = MAX_THRESH * size;

  if (total_elems == 0)
    /* Avoid lossage with unsigned arithmetic below.  */
    return;

  if (total_elems > MAX_THRESH)
    {
      char *lo = base_ptr;
      char *hi = &lo[size * (total_elems - 1)];
      /* Largest size needed for 32-bit int!!! */
      stack_node stack[STACK_SIZE];
      stack_node *top = stack + 1;

      while (STACK_NOT_EMPTY)
        {
          char *left_ptr;
          char *right_ptr;

          char *pivot = pivot_buffer;

          /* Select median value from among LO, MID, and HI. Rearrange
             LO and HI so the three values are sorted. This lowers the
             probability of picking a pathological pivot value and
             skips a comparison for both the LEFT_PTR and RIGHT_PTR. */

          char *mid = lo + size * ((hi - lo) / size >> 1);

          if ((*cmp) (less, (void *) mid, (void *) lo))
            SWAP (mid, lo, size);
          if ((*cmp) (less, (void *) hi, (void *) mid))
            SWAP (mid, hi, size);
          else
            goto jump_over;
          if ((*cmp) (less, (void *) mid, (void *) lo))
            SWAP (mid, lo, size);
        jump_over:;
          memcpy (pivot, mid, size);
          pivot = pivot_buffer;

          left_ptr = lo + size;
          right_ptr = hi - size;

          /* Here's the famous ``collapse the walls'' section of quicksort.
             Gotta like those tight inner loops!  They are the main reason
             that this algorithm runs much faster than others. */
          do
            {
              while ((*cmp) (less, (void *) left_ptr, (void *) pivot))
                {
                  left_ptr += size;
                  /* The comparison predicate may be buggy */
                  if (left_ptr > hi)
                    scm_misc_error (NULL, s_buggy_less, SCM_EOL);
                }

              while ((*cmp) (less, (void *) pivot, (void *) right_ptr))
                {
                  right_ptr -= size;
                  /* The comparison predicate may be buggy */
                  if (right_ptr < lo)
                    scm_misc_error (NULL, s_buggy_less, SCM_EOL);
                }

              if (left_ptr < right_ptr)
                {
                  SWAP (left_ptr, right_ptr, size);
                  left_ptr += size;
                  right_ptr -= size;
                }
              else if (left_ptr == right_ptr)
                {
                  left_ptr += size;
                  right_ptr -= size;
                  break;
                }
            }
          while (left_ptr <= right_ptr);

          /* Set up pointers for next iteration.  First determine whether
             left and right partitions are below the threshold size.  If so,
             ignore one or both.  Otherwise, push the larger partition's
             bounds on the stack and continue sorting the smaller one. */

          if ((size_t) (right_ptr - lo) <= max_thresh)
            {
              if ((size_t) (hi - left_ptr) <= max_thresh)
                /* Ignore both small partitions. */
                POP (lo, hi);
              else
                /* Ignore small left partition. */
                lo = left_ptr;
            }
          else if ((size_t) (hi - left_ptr) <= max_thresh)
            /* Ignore small right partition. */
            hi = right_ptr;
          else if ((right_ptr - lo) > (hi - left_ptr))
            {
              /* Push larger left partition indices. */
              PUSH (lo, right_ptr);
              lo = left_ptr;
            }
          else
            {
              /* Push larger right partition indices. */
              PUSH (left_ptr, hi);
              hi = right_ptr;
            }
        }
    }

  /* Once the BASE_PTR array is partially sorted by quicksort the rest
     is completely sorted using insertion sort, since this is efficient
     for partitions below MAX_THRESH size. BASE_PTR points to the beginning
     of the array to sort, and END_PTR points at the very last element in
     the array (*not* one beyond it!). */

  {
    char *const end_ptr = &base_ptr[size * (total_elems - 1)];
    char *tmp_ptr = base_ptr;
    char *thresh = min (end_ptr, base_ptr + max_thresh);
    register char *run_ptr;

    /* Find smallest element in first threshold and place it at the
       array's beginning.  This is the smallest array element,
       and the operation speeds up insertion sort's inner loop. */

    for (run_ptr = tmp_ptr + size; run_ptr <= thresh; run_ptr += size)
      if ((*cmp) (less, (void *) run_ptr, (void *) tmp_ptr))
        tmp_ptr = run_ptr;

    if (tmp_ptr != base_ptr)
      SWAP (tmp_ptr, base_ptr, size);

    /* Insertion sort, running from left-hand-side up to right-hand-side.  */

    run_ptr = base_ptr + size;
    while ((run_ptr += size) <= end_ptr)
      {
        tmp_ptr = run_ptr - size;
        while ((*cmp) (less, (void *) run_ptr, (void *) tmp_ptr))
          {
            tmp_ptr -= size;
            /* The comparison predicate may be buggy */
            if (tmp_ptr < base_ptr)
              scm_misc_error (NULL, s_buggy_less, SCM_EOL);
          }

        tmp_ptr += size;
        if (tmp_ptr != run_ptr)
          {
            char *trav;

            trav = run_ptr + size;
            while (--trav >= run_ptr)
              {
                char c = *trav;
                char *hi, *lo;

                for (hi = lo = trav; (lo -= size) >= tmp_ptr; hi = lo)
                  *hi = *lo;
                *hi = c;
              }
          }
      }
  }
}                               /* quicksort */


/* comparison routines */

static int 
subr2less (SCM less, const void *a, const void *b)
{
  return SCM_NFALSEP (SCM_SUBRF (less) (*(SCM *) a, *(SCM *) b));
}                               /* subr2less */

static int 
lsubrless (SCM less, const void *a, const void *b)
{
  return SCM_NFALSEP (SCM_SUBRF (less)
                      (scm_cons (*(SCM *) a,
                                 scm_cons (*(SCM *) b, SCM_EOL))));
}                               /* lsubrless */

static int 
closureless (SCM code, const void *a, const void *b)
{
  SCM env = SCM_EXTEND_ENV (SCM_CLOSURE_FORMALS (code),
                            scm_cons (*(SCM *) a,
                                      scm_cons (*(SCM *) b, SCM_EOL)),
                            SCM_ENV (code));
  /* Evaluate the closure body */
  return !SCM_FALSEP (scm_eval_body (SCM_CLOSURE_BODY (code), env));
}                               /* closureless */

static int 
applyless (SCM less, const void *a, const void *b)
{
  return SCM_NFALSEP (scm_call_2 (less, *(SCM *) a, *(SCM *) b));
}                               /* applyless */

static cmp_fun_t
scm_cmp_function (SCM p)
{
  switch (SCM_TYP7 (p))
    {
    case scm_tc7_subr_2:
    case scm_tc7_subr_2o:
    case scm_tc7_rpsubr:
    case scm_tc7_asubr:
      return subr2less;
    case scm_tc7_lsubr:
      return lsubrless;
    case scm_tcs_closures:
      return closureless;
    default:
      return applyless;
    }
}                               /* scm_cmp_function */


/* Question: Is there any need to make this a more general array sort?
   It is probably enough to manage the vector type. */
/* endpos equal as for substring, i.e. endpos is not included. */
/* More natural with length? */

SCM_DEFINE (scm_restricted_vector_sort_x, "restricted-vector-sort!", 4, 0, 0, 
            (SCM vec, SCM less, SCM startpos, SCM endpos),
            "Sort the vector @var{vec}, using @var{less} for comparing\n"
            "the vector elements.  @var{startpos} and @var{endpos} delimit\n"
            "the range of the vector which gets sorted.  The return value\n"
            "is not specified.")
#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_restricted_vector_sort_x
{
  size_t  vlen, spos, len, size = sizeof (SCM);
  SCM *vp;

  SCM_VALIDATE_VECTOR (1, vec);
  SCM_VALIDATE_NIM (2, less);

  vp = SCM_WRITABLE_VELTS (vec);                /* vector pointer */
  vlen = SCM_VECTOR_LENGTH (vec);

  SCM_VALIDATE_INUM_MIN_COPY (3, startpos, 0, spos);
  SCM_ASSERT_RANGE (3, startpos, spos <= vlen);
  SCM_VALIDATE_INUM_RANGE (4, endpos,0, vlen+1);
  len = SCM_INUM (endpos) - spos;

  quicksort (&vp[spos], len, size, scm_cmp_function (less), less);
  
  return scm_return_first (SCM_UNSPECIFIED, vec);
  /* return vec; */
}
#undef FUNC_NAME

/* (sorted? sequence less?)
 * is true when sequence is a list (x0 x1 ... xm) or a vector #(x0 ... xm)
 * such that for all 1 <= i <= m,
 * (not (less? (list-ref list i) (list-ref list (- i 1)))). */
SCM_DEFINE (scm_sorted_p, "sorted?", 2, 0, 0,
            (SCM items, SCM less),
            "Return @code{#t} iff @var{items} is a list or a vector such that\n"
            "for all 1 <= i <= m, the predicate @var{less} returns true when\n"
            "applied to all elements i - 1 and i")
#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_sorted_p
{
  long len, j;                  /* list/vector length, temp j */
  SCM item, rest;               /* rest of items loop variable */
  SCM const *vp;
  cmp_fun_t cmp = scm_cmp_function (less);

  if (SCM_NULL_OR_NIL_P (items))
    return SCM_BOOL_T;

  SCM_VALIDATE_NIM (2, less);

  if (SCM_CONSP (items))
    {
      len = scm_ilength (items); /* also checks that it's a pure list */
      SCM_ASSERT_RANGE (1, items, len >= 0);
      if (len <= 1)
        return SCM_BOOL_T;

      item = SCM_CAR (items);
      rest = SCM_CDR (items);
      j = len - 1;
      while (j > 0)
        {
          if ((*cmp) (less, SCM_CARLOC(rest), &item))
            return SCM_BOOL_F;
          else
            {
              item = SCM_CAR (rest);
              rest = SCM_CDR (rest);
              j--;
            }
        }
      return SCM_BOOL_T;
    }
  else
    {
      SCM_VALIDATE_VECTOR (1, items);

      vp = SCM_VELTS (items);   /* vector pointer */
      len = SCM_VECTOR_LENGTH (items);
      j = len - 1;
      while (j > 0)
        {
          if ((*cmp) (less, &vp[1], vp))
            return SCM_BOOL_F;
          else
            {
              vp++;
              j--;
            }
        }
      return SCM_BOOL_T;
    }

  return SCM_BOOL_F;
}
#undef FUNC_NAME

/* (merge a b less?)
   takes two lists a and b such that (sorted? a less?) and (sorted? b less?)
   and returns a new list in which the elements of a and b have been stably
   interleaved so that (sorted? (merge a b less?) less?).
   Note:  this does _not_ accept vectors. */
SCM_DEFINE (scm_merge, "merge", 3, 0, 0, 
            (SCM alist, SCM blist, SCM less),
            "Merge two already sorted lists into one.\n"
            "Given two lists @var{alist} and @var{blist}, such that\n"
            "@code{(sorted? alist less?)} and @code{(sorted? blist less?)},\n"
            "return a new list in which the elements of @var{alist} and\n"
            "@var{blist} have been stably interleaved so that\n"
            "@code{(sorted? (merge alist blist less?) less?)}.\n"
            "Note:  this does _not_ accept vectors.")
#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_merge
{
  long alen, blen;              /* list lengths */
  SCM build, last;
  cmp_fun_t cmp = scm_cmp_function (less);
  SCM_VALIDATE_NIM (3, less);

  if (SCM_NULL_OR_NIL_P (alist))
    return blist;
  else if (SCM_NULL_OR_NIL_P (blist))
    return alist;
  else
    {
      SCM_VALIDATE_NONEMPTYLIST_COPYLEN (1, alist, alen);
      SCM_VALIDATE_NONEMPTYLIST_COPYLEN (2, blist, blen);
      if ((*cmp) (less, SCM_CARLOC (blist), SCM_CARLOC (alist)))
        {
          build = scm_cons (SCM_CAR (blist), SCM_EOL);
          blist = SCM_CDR (blist);
          blen--;
        }
      else
        {
          build = scm_cons (SCM_CAR (alist), SCM_EOL);
          alist = SCM_CDR (alist);
          alen--;
        }
      last = build;
      while ((alen > 0) && (blen > 0))
        {
          if ((*cmp) (less, SCM_CARLOC (blist), SCM_CARLOC (alist)))
            {
              SCM_SETCDR (last, scm_cons (SCM_CAR (blist), SCM_EOL));
              blist = SCM_CDR (blist);
              blen--;
            }
          else
            {
              SCM_SETCDR (last, scm_cons (SCM_CAR (alist), SCM_EOL));
              alist = SCM_CDR (alist);
              alen--;
            }
          last = SCM_CDR (last);
        }
      if ((alen > 0) && (blen == 0))
        SCM_SETCDR (last, alist);
      else if ((alen == 0) && (blen > 0))
        SCM_SETCDR (last, blist);
    }
  return build;
}
#undef FUNC_NAME


static SCM 
scm_merge_list_x (SCM alist, SCM blist,
                  long alen, long blen,
                  cmp_fun_t cmp, SCM less)
{
  SCM build, last;

  if (SCM_NULL_OR_NIL_P (alist))
    return blist;
  else if (SCM_NULL_OR_NIL_P (blist))
    return alist;
  else
    {
      if ((*cmp) (less, SCM_CARLOC (blist), SCM_CARLOC (alist)))
        {
          build = blist;
          blist = SCM_CDR (blist);
          blen--;
        }
      else
        {
          build = alist;
          alist = SCM_CDR (alist);
          alen--;
        }
      last = build;
      while ((alen > 0) && (blen > 0))
        {
          if ((*cmp) (less, SCM_CARLOC (blist), SCM_CARLOC (alist)))
            {
              SCM_SETCDR (last, blist);
              blist = SCM_CDR (blist);
              blen--;
            }
          else
            {
              SCM_SETCDR (last, alist);
              alist = SCM_CDR (alist);
              alen--;
            }
          last = SCM_CDR (last);
        }
      if ((alen > 0) && (blen == 0))
        SCM_SETCDR (last, alist);
      else if ((alen == 0) && (blen > 0))
        SCM_SETCDR (last, blist);
    }
  return build;
}                               /* scm_merge_list_x */

SCM_DEFINE (scm_merge_x, "merge!", 3, 0, 0, 
            (SCM alist, SCM blist, SCM less),
            "Takes two lists @var{alist} and @var{blist} such that\n"
            "@code{(sorted? alist less?)} and @code{(sorted? blist less?)} and\n"
            "returns a new list in which the elements of @var{alist} and\n"
            "@var{blist} have been stably interleaved so that\n"
            " @code{(sorted? (merge alist blist less?) less?)}.\n"
            "This is the destructive variant of @code{merge}\n"
            "Note:  this does _not_ accept vectors.")
#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_merge_x
{
  long alen, blen;              /* list lengths */

  SCM_VALIDATE_NIM (3, less);
  if (SCM_NULL_OR_NIL_P (alist))
    return blist;
  else if (SCM_NULL_OR_NIL_P (blist))
    return alist;
  else
    {
      SCM_VALIDATE_NONEMPTYLIST_COPYLEN (1, alist, alen);
      SCM_VALIDATE_NONEMPTYLIST_COPYLEN (2, blist, blen);
      return scm_merge_list_x (alist, blist,
                               alen, blen,
                               scm_cmp_function (less),
                               less);
    }
}
#undef FUNC_NAME

/* This merge sort algorithm is same as slib's by Richard A. O'Keefe.
   The algorithm is stable. We also tried to use the algorithm used by
   scsh's merge-sort but that algorithm showed to not be stable, even
   though it claimed to be.
*/
static SCM 
scm_merge_list_step (SCM * seq,
                     cmp_fun_t cmp,
                     SCM less,
                     long n)
{
  SCM a, b;

  if (n > 2)
    {
      long mid = n / 2;
      a = scm_merge_list_step (seq, cmp, less, mid);
      b = scm_merge_list_step (seq, cmp, less, n - mid);
      return scm_merge_list_x (a, b, mid, n - mid, cmp, less);
    }
  else if (n == 2)
    {
      SCM p = *seq;
      SCM rest = SCM_CDR (*seq);
      SCM x = SCM_CAR (*seq);
      SCM y = SCM_CAR (SCM_CDR (*seq));
      *seq = SCM_CDR (rest);
      SCM_SETCDR (rest, SCM_EOL);
      if ((*cmp) (less, &y, &x))
        {
          SCM_SETCAR (p, y);
          SCM_SETCAR (rest, x);
        }
      return p;
    }
  else if (n == 1)
    {
      SCM p = *seq;
      *seq = SCM_CDR (p);
      SCM_SETCDR (p, SCM_EOL);
      return p;
    }
  else
    return SCM_EOL;
}                               /* scm_merge_list_step */


/* scm_sort_x manages lists and vectors, not stable sort */
SCM_DEFINE (scm_sort_x, "sort!", 2, 0, 0, 
            (SCM items, SCM less),
            "Sort the sequence @var{items}, which may be a list or a\n"
            "vector.  @var{less} is used for comparing the sequence\n"
            "elements.  The sorting is destructive, that means that the\n"
            "input sequence is modified to produce the sorted result.\n"
            "This is not a stable sort.")
#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_sort_x
{
  long len;                     /* list/vector length */
  if (SCM_NULL_OR_NIL_P (items))
    return items;

  SCM_VALIDATE_NIM (2, less);

  if (SCM_CONSP (items))
    {
      SCM_VALIDATE_LIST_COPYLEN (1, items, len);
      return scm_merge_list_step (&items, scm_cmp_function (less), less, len);
    }
  else if (SCM_VECTORP (items))
    {
      len = SCM_VECTOR_LENGTH (items);
      scm_restricted_vector_sort_x (items,
                                    less,
                                    SCM_MAKINUM (0L),
                                    SCM_MAKINUM (len));
      return items;
    }
  else
    SCM_WRONG_TYPE_ARG (1, items);
}
#undef FUNC_NAME

/* scm_sort manages lists and vectors, not stable sort */

SCM_DEFINE (scm_sort, "sort", 2, 0, 0, 
            (SCM items, SCM less),
            "Sort the sequence @var{items}, which may be a list or a\n"
            "vector.  @var{less} is used for comparing the sequence\n"
            "elements.  This is not a stable sort.")
#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_sort
{
  if (SCM_NULL_OR_NIL_P (items))
    return items;

  SCM_VALIDATE_NIM (2, less);
  if (SCM_CONSP (items))
    {
      long len;
  
      SCM_VALIDATE_LIST_COPYLEN (1, items, len);
      items = scm_list_copy (items);
      return scm_merge_list_step (&items, scm_cmp_function (less), less, len);
    }
#if SCM_HAVE_ARRAYS
  /* support ordinary vectors even if arrays not available?  */
  else if (SCM_VECTORP (items))
    {
      long len = SCM_VECTOR_LENGTH (items);
      SCM sortvec = scm_make_uve (len, scm_array_prototype (items));

      scm_array_copy_x (items, sortvec);
      scm_restricted_vector_sort_x (sortvec,
                                    less,
                                    SCM_MAKINUM (0L),
                                    SCM_MAKINUM (len));
      return sortvec;
    }
#endif
  else
    SCM_WRONG_TYPE_ARG (1, items);
}
#undef FUNC_NAME

static void
scm_merge_vector_x (SCM vec,
                    SCM * temp,
                    cmp_fun_t cmp,
                    SCM less,
                    long low,
                    long mid,
                    long high)
{
  long it;              /* Index for temp vector */
  long i1 = low;        /* Index for lower vector segment */
  long i2 = mid + 1;    /* Index for upper vector segment */

  /* Copy while both segments contain more characters */
  for (it = low; (i1 <= mid) && (i2 <= high); ++it)
    {
      /*
        Every call of LESS might invoke GC.  For full correctness, we
        should reset the generation of vecbase and tempbase between
        every call of less.

       */
      register SCM *vp = SCM_WRITABLE_VELTS(vec);
      
      if ((*cmp) (less, &vp[i2], &vp[i1]))
        temp[it] = vp[i2++];
      else
        temp[it] = vp[i1++];
    }

  {
    register SCM *vp = SCM_WRITABLE_VELTS(vec);
    
    /* Copy while first segment contains more characters */
    while (i1 <= mid)
      temp[it++] = vp[i1++];

    /* Copy while second segment contains more characters */
    while (i2 <= high)
      temp[it++] = vp[i2++];

    /* Copy back from temp to vp */
    for (it = low; it <= high; ++it)
      vp[it] = temp[it];
  }
}                               /* scm_merge_vector_x */

static void
scm_merge_vector_step (SCM vp,
                       SCM * temp,
                       cmp_fun_t cmp,
                       SCM less,
                       long low,
                       long high)
{
  if (high > low)
    {
      long mid = (low + high) / 2;
      scm_merge_vector_step (vp, temp, cmp, less, low, mid);
      scm_merge_vector_step (vp, temp, cmp, less, mid+1, high);
      scm_merge_vector_x (vp, temp, cmp, less, low, mid, high);
    }
}                               /* scm_merge_vector_step */


/* stable-sort! manages lists and vectors */

SCM_DEFINE (scm_stable_sort_x, "stable-sort!", 2, 0, 0, 
            (SCM items, SCM less),
            "Sort the sequence @var{items}, which may be a list or a\n"
            "vector. @var{less} is used for comparing the sequence elements.\n"
            "The sorting is destructive, that means that the input sequence\n"
            "is modified to produce the sorted result.\n"
            "This is a stable sort.")
#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_stable_sort_x
{
  long len;                     /* list/vector length */

  if (SCM_NULL_OR_NIL_P (items))
    return items;

  SCM_VALIDATE_NIM (2, less);
  if (SCM_CONSP (items))
    {
      SCM_VALIDATE_LIST_COPYLEN (1, items, len);
      return scm_merge_list_step (&items, scm_cmp_function (less), less, len);
    }
  else if (SCM_VECTORP (items))
    {
      SCM *temp;
      len = SCM_VECTOR_LENGTH (items);

      /*
         the following array does not contain any new references to
         SCM objects, so we can get away with allocing it on the heap.
      */
      temp = scm_malloc (len * sizeof(SCM));

      scm_merge_vector_step (items,
                             temp,
                             scm_cmp_function (less),
                             less,
                             0,
                             len - 1);
      free(temp);
      return items;
    }
  else
    SCM_WRONG_TYPE_ARG (1, items);
}
#undef FUNC_NAME

/* stable_sort manages lists and vectors */
SCM_DEFINE (scm_stable_sort, "stable-sort", 2, 0, 0, 
            (SCM items, SCM less),
            "Sort the sequence @var{items}, which may be a list or a\n"
            "vector. @var{less} is used for comparing the sequence elements.\n"
            "This is a stable sort.")
#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_stable_sort
{

  if (SCM_NULL_OR_NIL_P (items))
    return items;

  SCM_VALIDATE_NIM (2, less);
  if (SCM_CONSP (items))
    {
      long len;                 /* list/vector length */      
      SCM_VALIDATE_LIST_COPYLEN (1, items, len);
      items = scm_list_copy (items);
      return scm_merge_list_step (&items, scm_cmp_function (less), less, len);
    }
#if SCM_HAVE_ARRAYS
  /* support ordinary vectors even if arrays not available?  */
  else if (SCM_VECTORP (items))
    {
      long len = SCM_VECTOR_LENGTH (items);
      SCM *temp = scm_malloc (len * sizeof (SCM));
      SCM retvec = scm_make_uve (len, scm_array_prototype (items));
      scm_array_copy_x (items, retvec);

      scm_merge_vector_step (retvec,
                             temp,
                             scm_cmp_function (less),
                             less,
                             0,
                             len - 1);
      free (temp);
      return retvec;
    }
#endif
  else
    SCM_WRONG_TYPE_ARG (1, items);
}
#undef FUNC_NAME

/* stable */
SCM_DEFINE (scm_sort_list_x, "sort-list!", 2, 0, 0, 
            (SCM items, SCM less),
            "Sort the list @var{items}, using @var{less} for comparing the\n"
            "list elements. The sorting is destructive, that means that the\n"
            "input list is modified to produce the sorted result.\n"
            "This is a stable sort.")
#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_sort_list_x
{
  long len;
  SCM_VALIDATE_LIST_COPYLEN (1, items, len);
  SCM_VALIDATE_NIM (2, less);
  return scm_merge_list_step (&items, scm_cmp_function (less), less, len);
}
#undef FUNC_NAME

/* stable */
SCM_DEFINE (scm_sort_list, "sort-list", 2, 0, 0, 
            (SCM items, SCM less),
            "Sort the list @var{items}, using @var{less} for comparing the\n"
            "list elements. This is a stable sort.")
#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_sort_list
{
  long len;
  SCM_VALIDATE_LIST_COPYLEN (1, items, len);
  SCM_VALIDATE_NIM (2, less);
  items = scm_list_copy (items);
  return scm_merge_list_step (&items, scm_cmp_function (less), less, len);
}
#undef FUNC_NAME

void
scm_init_sort ()
{
#include "libguile/sort.x"

  scm_add_feature ("sort");
}

/*
  Local Variables:
  c-file-style: "gnu"
  End:
*/