Re: interesting task for .NET learners: why ArrayList.Sort hangs? [.NET 1.1]
- From: "Bill Butler" <qwerty@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 01:51:21 GMT
"Jon Skeet [C# MVP]" <skeet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Chris S. wrote:
>> a bug in the quicksort in 1.1? seems to only happen with "fixed" which
>> is bizzarre
>
> I'm not sure whether I'd classify it as a bug in 1.1. Hint: if you give
> 2.0 different data (still just strings) but the same comparison method
> you can break that, too - although it throws an exception rather than
> hanging.
I know why it hangs in 1.1. (keeping quiet for the moment)
I don't know why in wouldn't hang in 2.0
Perhaps quicksort algorithm in 2.0 has been tweaked to avoid the terminal flaw????
Bill
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