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From: Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk>
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Subject: Re: Baby X is bor nagain
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2024 23:33:34 +0100
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Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> writes:

> James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> writes:
>
> [on the requirements for qsort]
>
>> I certainly would favor improved wording that made this clearer.
>> In fact, simply explicitly mandating total ordering rather than
>> making a vague comment about consistency would probably be the
>> best approach.
>
> Clearly the C standard intends to impose a weaker requirement
> than that the comparison function be a total ordering.

The plot thickens.  Unless, of course, you are referring to the
distinction you drew before between an ordering of all possible objects
and only those in the array.

-- 
Ben.