Re: [tin 2.1.1] snaphsots

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On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 11:10:55AM +0100, Urs Jan??en wrote:
> I've made snapshots of the upcomming tin 2.1.1 (unstable) release
> including the --enbale-heapsort configure option. If specified a new
> 'M'enu option is available to specify the sorting function used. Tit
> defaults to qsort(3) and can be changed to heapsort(3) which may
> speed up sorting when the data is somewhat presorted (usualy the case
> in large groups with long threads).
>=20
> <ftp://ftp.tin.org/pub/news/clients/tin/unstable/snapshots/>
>=20
> @Thomas: vsnprintf is doubled in configure.in:AC_CHECK_FUNCS() and on

agreed (cut/paste error).  It can be removed.

> debian based linux systems a useable heapsort is available in libbsd
> (-lbsd /  <bsd/stdlib.h>) - I don't know if it's worth checking for

on Linux?  I'm using that port with Lynx, but haven't really decided
if it's a good thing to use since its headers seem to change without
much reasoning involved.  (It can be troublesome to support in different
versions).  Something to think about.

--=20
Thomas E. Dickey <[email protected]>
http://invisible-island.net
ftp://invisible-island.net

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