#include <algorithm>
/*
pdqsort.h - Pattern-defeating quicksort.
Copyright (c) 2021 Orson Peters
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*/
#ifndef PDQSORT_H
#define PDQSORT_H
#include <algorithm>
#include <cstddef>
#include <functional>
#include <utility>
#include <iterator>
#if __cplusplus >= 201103L
#include <cstdint>
#include <type_traits>
#define PDQSORT_PREFER_MOVE(x) std::move(x)
#else
#define PDQSORT_PREFER_MOVE(x) (x)
#endif
namespace pdqsort_detail {
enum {
// Partitions below this size are sorted using insertion sort.
insertion_sort_threshold = 24,
// Partitions above this size use Tukey's ninther to select the pivot.
ninther_threshold = 128,
// When we detect an already sorted partition, attempt an insertion sort that allows this
// amount of element moves before giving up.
partial_insertion_sort_limit = 8,
// Must be multiple of 8 due to loop unrolling, and < 256 to fit in unsigned char.
block_size = 64,
// Cacheline size, assumes power of two.
cacheline_size = 64
};
#if __cplusplus >= 201103L
template<class T> struct is_default_compare : std::false_type { };
template<class T> struct is_default_compare<std::less<T>> : std::true_type { };
template<class T> struct is_default_compare<std::greater<T>> : std::true_type { };
#endif
// Returns floor(log2(n)), assumes n > 0.
template<class T>
inline int log2(T n) {
int log = 0;
while (n >>= 1) ++log;
return log;
}
// Sorts [begin, end) using insertion sort with the given comparison function.
template<class Iter, class Compare>
inline void insertion_sort(Iter begin, Iter end, Compare comp) {
typedef typename std::iterator_traits<Iter>::value_type T;
if (begin == end) return;
for (Iter cur = begin + 1; cur != end; ++cur) {
Iter sift = cur;
Iter sift_1 = cur - 1;
// Compare first so we can avoid 2 moves for an element already positioned correctly.
if (comp(*sift, *sift_1)) {
T tmp = PDQSORT_PREFER_MOVE(*sift);
do { *sift-- = PDQSORT_PREFER_MOVE(*sift_1); }
while (sift != begin && comp(tmp, *--sift_1));
*sift = PDQSORT_PREFER_MOVE(tmp);
}
}
}
// Sorts [begin, end) using insertion sort with the given comparison function. Assumes
// *(begin - 1) is an element smaller than or equal to any element in [begin, end).
template<class Iter, class Compare>
inline void unguarded_insertion_sort(Iter begin, Iter end, Compare comp) {
typedef typename std::iterator_traits<Iter>::value_type T;
if (begin == end) return;
for (Iter cur = begin + 1; cur != end; ++cur) {
Iter sift = cur;
Iter sift_1 = cur - 1;
// Compare first so we can avoid 2 moves for an element already positioned correctly.
if (comp(*sift, *sift_1)) {
T tmp = PDQSORT_PREFER_MOVE(*sift);
do { *sift-- = PDQSORT_PREFER_MOVE(*sift_1); }
while (comp(tmp, *--sift_1));
*sift = PDQSORT_PREFER_MOVE(tmp);
}
}
}
// Attempts to use insertion sort on [begin, end). Will return false if more than
// partial_insertion_sort_limit elements were moved, and abort sorting. Otherwise it will
// successfully sort and return true.
template<class Iter, class Compare>
inline bool partial_insertion_sort(Iter begin, Iter end, Compare comp) {
typedef typename std::iterator_traits<Iter>::value_type T;
if (begin == end) return true;
std::size_t limit = 0;
for (Iter cur = begin + 1; cur != end; ++cur) {
Iter sift = cur;
Iter sift_1 = cur - 1;
// Compare first so we can avoid 2 moves for an element already positioned correctly.
if (comp(*sift, *sift_1)) {
T tmp = PDQSORT_PREFER_MOVE(*sift);
do { *sift-- = PDQSORT_PREFER_MOVE(*sift_1); }
while (sift != begin && comp(tmp, *--sift_1));
*sift = PDQSORT_PREFER_MOVE(tmp);
limit += cur - sift;
}
if (limit > partial_insertion_sort_limit) return false;
}
return true;
}
template<class Iter, class Compare>
inline void sort2(Iter a, Iter b, Compare comp) {
if (comp(*b, *a)) std::iter_swap(a, b);
}
// Sorts the elements *a, *b and *c using comparison function comp.
template<class Iter, class Compare>
inline void sort3(Iter a, Iter b, Iter c, Compare comp) {
sort2(a, b, comp);
sort2(b, c, comp);
sort2(a, b, comp);
}
template<class T>
inline T* align_cacheline(T* p) {
#if defined(UINTPTR_MAX) && __cplusplus >= 201103L
std::uintptr_t ip = reinterpret_cast<std::uintptr_t>(p);
#else
std::size_t ip = reinterpret_cast<std::size_t>(p);
#endif
ip = (ip + cacheline_size - 1) & -cacheline_size;
return reinterpret_cast<T*>(ip);
}
template<class Iter>
inline void swap_offsets(Iter first, Iter last,
unsigned char* offsets_l, unsigned char* offsets_r,
size_t num, bool use_swaps) {
typedef typename std::iterator_traits<Iter>::value_type T;
if (use_swaps) {
// This case is needed for the descending distribution, where we need
// to have proper swapping for pdqsort to remain O(n).
for (size_t i = 0; i < num; ++i) {
std::iter_swap(first + offsets_l[i], last - offsets_r[i]);
}
} else if (num > 0) {
Iter l = first + offsets_l[0]; Iter r = last - offsets_r[0];
T tmp(PDQSORT_PREFER_MOVE(*l)); *l = PDQSORT_PREFER_MOVE(*r);
for (size_t i = 1; i < num; ++i) {
l = first + offsets_l[i]; *r = PDQSORT_PREFER_MOVE(*l);
r = last - offsets_r[i]; *l = PDQSORT_PREFER_MOVE(*r);
}
*r = PDQSORT_PREFER_MOVE(tmp);
}
}
// Partitions [begin, end) around pivot *begin using comparison function comp. Elements equal
// to the pivot are put in the right-hand partition. Returns the position of the pivot after
// partitioning and whether the passed sequence already was correctly partitioned. Assumes the
// pivot is a median of at least 3 elements and that [begin, end) is at least
// insertion_sort_threshold long. Uses branchless partitioning.
template<class Iter, class Compare>
inline std::pair<Iter, bool> partition_right_branchless(Iter begin, Iter end, Compare comp) {
typedef typename std::iterator_traits<Iter>::value_type T;
// Move pivot into local for speed.
T pivot(PDQSORT_PREFER_MOVE(*begin));
Iter first = begin;
Iter last = end;
// Find the first element greater than or equal than the pivot (the median of 3 guarantees
// this exists).
while (comp(*++first, pivot));
// Find the first element strictly smaller than the pivot. We have to guard this search if
// there was no element before *first.
if (first - 1 == begin) while (first < last && !comp(*--last, pivot));
else while ( !comp(*--last, pivot));
// If the first pair of elements that should be swapped to partition are the same element,
// the passed in sequence already was correctly partitioned.
bool already_partitioned = first >= last;
if (!already_partitioned) {
std::iter_swap(first, last);
++first;
// The following branchless partitioning is derived from "BlockQuicksort: How Branch
// Mispredictions don’t affect Quicksort" by Stefan Edelkamp and Armin Weiss, but
// heavily micro-optimized.
unsigned char offsets_l_storage[block_size + cacheline_size];
unsigned char offsets_r_storage[block_size + cacheline_size];
unsigned char* offsets_l = align_cacheline(offsets_l_storage);
unsigned char* offsets_r = align_cacheline(offsets_r_storage);
Iter offsets_l_base = first;
Iter offsets_r_base = last;
size_t num_l, num_r, start_l, start_r;
num_l = num_r = start_l = start_r = 0;
while (first < last) {
// Fill up offset blocks with elements that are on the wrong side.
// First we determine how much elements are considered for each offset block.
size_t num_unknown = last - first;
size_t left_split = num_l == 0 ? (num_r == 0 ? num_unknown / 2 : num_unknown) : 0;
size_t right_split = num_r == 0 ? (num_unknown - left_split) : 0;
// Fill the offset blocks.
if (left_split >= block_size) {
for (size_t i = 0; i < block_size;) {
offsets_l[num_l] = i++; num_l += !comp(*first, pivot); ++first;
offsets_l[num_l] = i++; num_l += !comp(*first, pivot); ++first;
offsets_l[num_l] = i++; num_l += !comp(*first, pivot); ++first;
offsets_l[num_l] = i++; num_l += !comp(*first, pivot); ++first;
offsets_l[num_l] = i++; num_l += !comp(*first, pivot); ++first;
offsets_l[num_l] = i++; num_l += !comp(*first, pivot); ++first;
offsets_l[num_l] = i++; num_l += !comp(*first, pivot); ++first;
offsets_l[num_l] = i++; num_l += !comp(*first, pivot); ++first;
}
} else {
for (size_t i = 0; i < left_split;) {
offsets_l[num_l] = i++; num_l += !comp(*first, pivot); ++first;
}
}
if (right_split >= block_size) {
for (size_t i = 0; i < block_size;) {
offsets_r[num_r] = ++i; num_r += comp(*--last, pivot);
offsets_r[num_r] = ++i; num_r += comp(*--last, pivot);
offsets_r[num_r] = ++i; num_r += comp(*--last, pivot);
offsets_r[num_r] = ++i; num_r += comp(*--last, pivot);
offsets_r[num_r] = ++i; num_r += comp(*--last, pivot);
offsets_r[num_r] = ++i; num_r += comp(*--last, pivot);
offsets_r[num_r] = ++i; num_r += comp(*--last, pivot);
offsets_r[num_r] = ++i; num_r += comp(*--last, pivot);
}
} else {
for (size_t i = 0; i < right_split;) {
offsets_r[num_r] = ++i; num_r += comp(*--last, pivot);
}
}
// Swap elements and update block sizes and first/last boundaries.
size_t num = std::min(num_l, num_r);
swap_offsets(offsets_l_base, offsets_r_base,
offsets_l + start_l, offsets_r + start_r,
num, num_l == num_r);
num_l -= num; num_r -= num;
start_l += num; start_r += num;
if (num_l == 0) {
start_l = 0;
offsets_l_base = first;
}
if (num_r == 0) {
start_r = 0;
offsets_r_base = last;
}
}
// We have now fully identified [first, last)'s proper position. Swap the last elements.
if (num_l) {
offsets_l += start_l;
while (num_l--) std::iter_swap(offsets_l_base + offsets_l[num_l], --last);
first = last;
}
if (num_r) {
offsets_r += start_r;
while (num_r--) std::iter_swap(offsets_r_base - offsets_r[num_r], first), ++first;
last = first;
}
}
// Put the pivot in the right place.
Iter pivot_pos = first - 1;
*begin = PDQSORT_PREFER_MOVE(*pivot_pos);
*pivot_pos = PDQSORT_PREFER_MOVE(pivot);
return std::make_pair(pivot_pos, already_partitioned);
}
// Partitions [begin, end) around pivot *begin using comparison function comp. Elements equal
// to the pivot are put in the right-hand partition. Returns the position of the pivot after
// partitioning and whether the passed sequence already was correctly partitioned. Assumes the
// pivot is a median of at least 3 elements and that [begin, end) is at least
// insertion_sort_threshold long.
template<class Iter, class Compare>
inline std::pair<Iter, bool> partition_right(Iter begin, Iter end, Compare comp) {
typedef typename std::iterator_traits<Iter>::value_type T;
// Move pivot into local for speed.
T pivot(PDQSORT_PREFER_MOVE(*begin));
Iter first = begin;
Iter last = end;
// Find the first element greater than or equal than the pivot (the median of 3 guarantees
// this exists).
while (comp(*++first, pivot));
// Find the first element strictly smaller than the pivot. We have to guard this search if
// there was no element before *first.
if (first - 1 == begin) while (first < last && !comp(*--last, pivot));
else while ( !comp(*--last, pivot));
// If the first pair of elements that should be swapped to partition are the same element,
// the passed in sequence already was correctly partitioned.
bool already_partitioned = first >= last;
// Keep swapping pairs of elements that are on the wrong side of the pivot. Previously
// swapped pairs guard the searches, which is why the first iteration is special-cased
// above.
while (first < last) {
std::iter_swap(first, last);
while (comp(*++first, pivot));
while (!comp(*--last, pivot));
}
// Put the pivot in the right place.
Iter pivot_pos = first - 1;
*begin = PDQSORT_PREFER_MOVE(*pivot_pos);
*pivot_pos = PDQSORT_PREFER_MOVE(pivot);
return std::make_pair(pivot_pos, already_partitioned);
}
// Similar function to the one above, except elements equal to the pivot are put to the left of
// the pivot and it doesn't check or return if the passed sequence already was partitioned.
// Since this is rarely used (the many equal case), and in that case pdqsort already has O(n)
// performance, no block quicksort is applied here for simplicity.
template<class Iter, class Compare>
inline Iter partition_left(Iter begin, Iter end, Compare comp) {
typedef typename std::iterator_traits<Iter>::value_type T;
T pivot(PDQSORT_PREFER_MOVE(*begin));
Iter first = begin;
Iter last = end;
while (comp(pivot, *--last));
if (last + 1 == end) while (first < last && !comp(pivot, *++first));
else while ( !comp(pivot, *++first));
while (first < last) {
std::iter_swap(first, last);
while (comp(pivot, *--last));
while (!comp(pivot, *++first));
}
Iter pivot_pos = last;
*begin = PDQSORT_PREFER_MOVE(*pivot_pos);
*pivot_pos = PDQSORT_PREFER_MOVE(pivot);
return pivot_pos;
}
template<class Iter, class Compare, bool Branchless>
inline void pdqsort_loop(Iter begin, Iter end, Compare comp, int bad_allowed, bool leftmost = true) {
typedef typename std::iterator_traits<Iter>::difference_type diff_t;
// Use a while loop for tail recursion elimination.
while (true) {
diff_t size = end - begin;
// Insertion sort is faster for small arrays.
if (size < insertion_sort_threshold) {
if (leftmost) insertion_sort(begin, end, comp);
else unguarded_insertion_sort(begin, end, comp);
return;
}
// Choose pivot as median of 3 or pseudomedian of 9.
diff_t s2 = size / 2;
if (size > ninther_threshold) {
sort3(begin, begin + s2, end - 1, comp);
sort3(begin + 1, begin + (s2 - 1), end - 2, comp);
sort3(begin + 2, begin + (s2 + 1), end - 3, comp);
sort3(begin + (s2 - 1), begin + s2, begin + (s2 + 1), comp);
std::iter_swap(begin, begin + s2);
} else sort3(begin + s2, begin, end - 1, comp);
// If *(begin - 1) is the end of the right partition of a previous partition operation
// there is no element in [begin, end) that is smaller than *(begin - 1). Then if our
// pivot compares equal to *(begin - 1) we change strategy, putting equal elements in
// the left partition, greater elements in the right partition. We do not have to
// recurse on the left partition, since it's sorted (all equal).
if (!leftmost && !comp(*(begin - 1), *begin)) {
begin = partition_left(begin, end, comp) + 1;
continue;
}
// Partition and get results.
std::pair<Iter, bool> part_result =
Branchless ? partition_right_branchless(begin, end, comp)
: partition_right(begin, end, comp);
Iter pivot_pos = part_result.first;
bool already_partitioned = part_result.second;
// Check for a highly unbalanced partition.
diff_t l_size = pivot_pos - begin;
diff_t r_size = end - (pivot_pos + 1);
bool highly_unbalanced = l_size < size / 8 || r_size < size / 8;
// If we got a highly unbalanced partition we shuffle elements to break many patterns.
if (highly_unbalanced) {
// If we had too many bad partitions, switch to heapsort to guarantee O(n log n).
if (--bad_allowed == 0) {
std::make_heap(begin, end, comp);
std::sort_heap(begin, end, comp);
return;
}
if (l_size >= insertion_sort_threshold) {
std::iter_swap(begin, begin + l_size / 4);
std::iter_swap(pivot_pos - 1, pivot_pos - l_size / 4);
if (l_size > ninther_threshold) {
std::iter_swap(begin + 1, begin + (l_size / 4 + 1));
std::iter_swap(begin + 2, begin + (l_size / 4 + 2));
std::iter_swap(pivot_pos - 2, pivot_pos - (l_size / 4 + 1));
std::iter_swap(pivot_pos - 3, pivot_pos - (l_size / 4 + 2));
}
}
if (r_size >= insertion_sort_threshold) {
std::iter_swap(pivot_pos + 1, pivot_pos + (1 + r_size / 4));
std::iter_swap(end - 1, end - r_size / 4);
if (r_size > ninther_threshold) {
std::iter_swap(pivot_pos + 2, pivot_pos + (2 + r_size / 4));
std::iter_swap(pivot_pos + 3, pivot_pos + (3 + r_size / 4));
std::iter_swap(end - 2, end - (1 + r_size / 4));
std::iter_swap(end - 3, end - (2 + r_size / 4));
}
}
} else {
// If we were decently balanced and we tried to sort an already partitioned
// sequence try to use insertion sort.
if (already_partitioned && partial_insertion_sort(begin, pivot_pos, comp)
&& partial_insertion_sort(pivot_pos + 1, end, comp)) return;
}
// Sort the left partition first using recursion and do tail recursion elimination for
// the right-hand partition.
pdqsort_loop<Iter, Compare, Branchless>(begin, pivot_pos, comp, bad_allowed, leftmost);
begin = pivot_pos + 1;
leftmost = false;
}
}
}
template<class Iter, class Compare>
inline void pdqsort(Iter begin, Iter end, Compare comp) {
if (begin == end) return;
#if __cplusplus >= 201103L
pdqsort_detail::pdqsort_loop<Iter, Compare,
pdqsort_detail::is_default_compare<typename std::decay<Compare>::type>::value &&
std::is_arithmetic<typename std::iterator_traits<Iter>::value_type>::value>(
begin, end, comp, pdqsort_detail::log2(end - begin));
#else
pdqsort_detail::pdqsort_loop<Iter, Compare, false>(
begin, end, comp, pdqsort_detail::log2(end - begin));
#endif
}
template<class Iter>
inline void pdqsort(Iter begin, Iter end) {
typedef typename std::iterator_traits<Iter>::value_type T;
pdqsort(begin, end, std::less<T>());
}
template<class Iter, class Compare>
inline void pdqsort_branchless(Iter begin, Iter end, Compare comp) {
if (begin == end) return;
pdqsort_detail::pdqsort_loop<Iter, Compare, true>(
begin, end, comp, pdqsort_detail::log2(end - begin));
}
template<class Iter>
inline void pdqsort_branchless(Iter begin, Iter end) {
typedef typename std::iterator_traits<Iter>::value_type T;
pdqsort_branchless(begin, end, std::less<T>());
}
#undef PDQSORT_PREFER_MOVE
#endif
void sort(unsigned *a, int n) {
pdqsort(a, a + n);
}