libavutil: add a merge sort.

compared to qsort this is slower but its stable and doesnt have a O(n^2) worst
case

Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer <michaelni@gmx.at>
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Michael Niedermayer 2012-06-18 18:40:02 +02:00
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/**
* Merge sort, this sort requires a temporary buffer and is stable, its worst
* case time is O(n log n)
* @param p must be a lvalue pointer, this function may exchange it with tmp
* @param tmp must be a lvalue pointer, this function may exchange it with p
*/
#define AV_MSORT(p, tmp, num, type, cmp) {\
unsigned i, j, step;\
for(step=1; step<(num); step+=step){\
for(i=0; i<(num); i+=2*step){\
unsigned a[2] = {i, i+step};\
unsigned end = FFMIN(i+2*step, (num));\
for(j=i; a[0]<i+step && a[1]<end; j++){\
int idx= cmp(p+a[0], p+a[1]) < 0;\
tmp[j] = p[ a[idx]++ ];\
}\
if(a[0]>=i+step) a[0] = a[1];\
for(; j<end; j++){\
tmp[j] = p[ a[0]++ ];\
}\
}\
FFSWAP(type*, p, tmp);\
}\
}