> Another option might be contributing to Emacs C sources. Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman. 1. sort in Emacs is, I do believe, written in C and seems ok, but could be improved. 2. You probably cannot imagine, in this day, how totally ignorant I am of C! It is unforgivable. > it is not yet clear how long it will take to implement type declaration support. My bet is that it will be a long time coming, from the vibes I get. But what do I know? Bob On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 6:25 AM Ihor Radchenko wrote: > Robert Boyer writes: > > > I say I fear for the worst because if that bug is what I think it is, it > > would kill 'msa' performance. > > Very secondarily, even if the bug is fixed, I have no idea how I could > ever > > take advantage of it! > > As Andrea mentioned in > https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/yp1cyssanrp.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org/, type > declarations are not yet supported and it is not yet clear how long it > will take to implement type declaration support. > > If you wish to contribute a better sorting to Emacs, another option > might be contributing to Emacs C sources. Check out src/sort.c file > (tim_sort) for the sort implementation that is currently in use. > https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/src/sort.c#n915 > > -- > Ihor Radchenko // yantar92, > Org mode contributor, > Learn more about Org mode at . > Support Org development at , > or support my work at > -- Anything I seem to state should be taken as a question. I am at least 77 and feeble.