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boost::sort::spreadsort::integer_sort — Integer sort algorithm using random access iterators. (All variants fall back to boost::sort::pdqsort
if the data size is too small, < detail::min_sort_size
).
// In header: <boost/sort/spreadsort/integer_sort.hpp> template<typename RandomAccessIter> void integer_sort(RandomAccessIter first, RandomAccessIter last);
integer_sort
is a fast templated in-place hybrid radix/comparison algorithm, which in testing tends to be roughly 50% to 2X faster than std::sort
for large tests (>=100kB).
Worst-case performance is O(N * (lg(range)/s + s)) , so integer_sort
is asymptotically faster than pure comparison-based algorithms. s
is max_splits
, which defaults to 11, so its worst-case with default settings for 32-bit integers is O(N * ((32/11) slow radix-based iterations fast comparison-based iterations).
Some performance plots of runtime vs. n and log(range) are provided:
windows_integer_sort
osx_integer_sort
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Throwing an exception may cause data loss. This will also throw if a small vector resize throws, in which case there will be no data loss. Invalid arguments cause undefined behaviour. |
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The lesser of O(N*log(N)) comparisons and O(N*log(K/S + S)) operations worst-case, where:
* N is last
- first
,
* K is the log of the range in bits (32 for 32-bit integers using their full range),
* S is a constant called max_splits, defaulting to 11 (except for strings where it is the log of the character size).
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std::exception Propagates exceptions if any of the element comparisons, the element swaps (or moves), the right shift, subtraction of right-shifted elements, functors, or any operations on iterators throw. |