Re: [PATCH] qsort_r: new module, for GNU-style qsort_r

[Ben Pfaff]

On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 01:50:48PM -0700, Paul Eggert wrote:
> This works even on FreeBSD, which has an incompatible qsort_r API.
> * MODULES.html.sh: Add it.
> * doc/glibc-functions/qsort_r.texi: It's now supported.
> * lib/qsort.c: New file, taken from glibc with minor changes
> inside "#ifndef _LIBC" and with an unnecessary "#include <alloca.h>"
> removed.
> * lib/qsort_r.c: New file, compiled only on FreeBSD.
> * lib/stdlib.in.h (qsort_r): Declare in the usual way.
> * m4/stdlib_h.m4 (gl_STDLIB_H_DEFAULTS):
> * modules/qsort_r, modules/qsort_r-tests: New files.
> * modules/stdlib (Makefile): Set up its defaults.
> * tests/test-qsort_r.c: New file.

I'm happy to see this module; it's often useful to have the ability to
pass auxiliary data to a sort comparison function.

I skimmed through the patch but I did not review it in detail.

Thanks,

Ben.