//! This module contains a sorting algorithm based on Orson Peters' pattern-defeating quicksort,
//! published at: <https://github.com/orlp/pdqsort>
//!
-//! Unstable sorting is compatible with libcore because it doesn't allocate memory, unlike our
+//! Unstable sorting is compatible with core because it doesn't allocate memory, unlike our
//! stable sorting implementation.
//!
//! In addition it also contains the core logic of the stable sort used by `slice::sort` based on
impl<T> Drop for CopyOnDrop<T> {
fn drop(&mut self) {
- // SAFETY: This is a helper class.
- // Please refer to its usage for correctness.
- // Namely, one must be sure that `src` and `dst` does not overlap as required by `ptr::copy_nonoverlapping`.
+ // SAFETY: This is a helper class.
+ // Please refer to its usage for correctness.
+ // Namely, one must be sure that `src` and `dst` does not overlap as required by `ptr::copy_nonoverlapping`.
unsafe {
ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(self.src, self.dest, 1);
}
) where
F: FnMut(&T, &T) -> bool,
{
+ // Limit the amount of iterations and fall back to heapsort, similarly to `slice::sort_unstable`.
+ // This lowers the worst case running time from O(n^2) to O(n log n).
+ // FIXME: Investigate whether it would be better to use something like Median of Medians
+ // or Fast Deterministic Selection to guarantee O(n) worst case.
+ let mut limit = usize::BITS - v.len().leading_zeros();
+
+ // True if the last partitioning was reasonably balanced.
+ let mut was_balanced = true;
+
loop {
// For slices of up to this length it's probably faster to simply sort them.
const MAX_INSERTION: usize = 10;
return;
}
+ if limit == 0 {
+ heapsort(v, is_less);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ // If the last partitioning was imbalanced, try breaking patterns in the slice by shuffling
+ // some elements around. Hopefully we'll choose a better pivot this time.
+ if !was_balanced {
+ break_patterns(v);
+ limit -= 1;
+ }
+
// Choose a pivot
let (pivot, _) = choose_pivot(v, is_less);
}
let (mid, _) = partition(v, pivot, is_less);
+ was_balanced = cmp::min(mid, v.len() - mid) >= v.len() / 8;
// Split the slice into `left`, `pivot`, and `right`.
let (left, right) = v.split_at_mut(mid);