Even though the function is generic enough, <anything>sort() inherits
connotations from the standard function qsort() that sorts an array.
Rename it to llist_mergesort() and describe the external interface in
its header file.
This incidentally avoids name clashes with mergesort() some platforms
declare in, and contaminate user namespace with, their <stdlib.h>.
Reported-by: Brian Gernhardt
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
This adds a generic bottom-up mergesort implementation for singly linked
lists. It was inspired by Simon Tatham's webpage on the topic[1], but
not so much by his implementation -- for no good reason, really, just a
case of NIH.
[1] http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/algorithms/listsort.html
Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
