GNU bug report logs - #69709
`sort` interface improvement and universal ordering predicate

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Message #62 received at 69709 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
Cc: 69709 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>,
 Mattias Engdegård <mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com>,
 Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#69709: `sort` interface improvement and universal ordering
 predicate
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2024 19:25:54 -0400

> IIUC we allocate an array internally as well during the sorting phrase, but
> then we can't return it as-is or with a thin wrapper (if only because the
> user expects back a list, not a vector), so we'll need to allocate a whole
> new list to avoid mutating the original. And our GC is worse than JVM's.

When it matters, people can use `:in-place`.


        Stefan

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