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  1. Path: hubcap.clemson.edu!hubcap!mjs
  2. From: mjs@hubcap.clemson.edu (M. J. Saltzman)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.std.c
  4. Subject: Re: Restrictions on qsort compare function?
  5. Date: 26 Mar 96 18:00:16 GMT
  6. Organization: Clemson University
  7. Message-ID: <mjs.827863216@hubcap>
  8. References: <4iokop$h4p@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> <mjs.827419998@hubcap> <mjs.827424727@hubcap> <1996Mar24.071329.24975@sq.com>
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  11.  
  12. msb@sq.com (Mark Brader) writes:
  13.  
  14. >> >    !!sort_func(p1, p2) == -1 * !!sort_func(p2, p1)
  15.  
  16. >Better yet, you should have not have assumed that !!x would produce -1
  17. >when x < 0.  <grin>
  18.  
  19. Oh, damn...  What could I possibly have been thinking?
  20. -- 
  21.         Matthew Saltzman
  22.         Clemson University Math Sciences
  23.         mjs@clemson.edu
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