[PATCH v3 0/7] Use introsort for qsort

[Paul Eggert]

On 9/8/21 4:56 AM, Adhemerval Zanella wrote:

> it is confusing and leads to bad assumption from users, as ruby
> shows.

Again, Ruby is not a good example of why a change is needed, as Ruby 
works fine in practice.

>>>>> Would you like to work together to come up with a new API that addresses both of our concerns?
>>> I am not against your suggestion
>>
>> That's a good way forward, then. Do you have an API in mind? If not, I can propose one.
> 
> Sure, but this is orthogonal to the change I am proposing here.

It's not orthogonal, because if we provide a better API that will be a 
solution to this (so far only-theoretical) problem. Although a better 
API should also address other problems, that doesn't mean it's 
orthogonal to this one.