/**
* Type safe Gnome Sort.
*
* This is a slightly modified Gnome search. The basic
* Gnome search tries to sort already sorted list parts.
* The modification skips these.
*
* @note Use this sort for presorted / regular sorted data.
*
* @param base Pointer to the first element of the array to be sorted.
* @param num Number of elements in the array pointed by base.
* @param comparator Function that compares two elements.
* @param desc Sort descending.
*/
template <typename T>
static inline void GSortT(T *base, uint num, int (CDECL *comparator)(const T*, const T*), bool desc = false)
{
if (num < 2) return;
assert(base != NULL);
assert(comparator != NULL);
T *a = base;
T *b = base + 1;
uint offset = 0;
while (num > 1) {
const int diff = comparator(a, b);
if ((!desc && diff <= 0) || (desc && diff >= 0)) {
if (offset != 0) {
/* Jump back to the last direction switch point */
a += offset;
b += offset;
offset = 0;
continue;
}
a++;
b++;
num--;
} else {
Swap(*a, *b);
if (a == base) continue;
a--;
b--;
offset++;
}
}
}