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| -rw-r--r-- | library/core/src/slice/mod.rs | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/library/core/src/slice/mod.rs b/library/core/src/slice/mod.rs index bd1b16e8d73..1f195555229 100644 --- a/library/core/src/slice/mod.rs +++ b/library/core/src/slice/mod.rs @@ -3005,8 +3005,9 @@ impl<T> [T] { /// /// # Current implementation /// - /// The current algorithm is based on the quickselect portion of the same quicksort algorithm - /// used for [`sort_unstable`]. + /// The current algorithm is an introselect implementation based on Pattern Defeating Quicksort, which is also + /// the basis for [`sort_unstable`]. The fallback algorithm is Median of Medians using Tukey's Ninther for + /// pivot selection, which guarantees linear runtime for all inputs. /// /// [`sort_unstable`]: slice::sort_unstable /// @@ -3056,8 +3057,9 @@ impl<T> [T] { /// /// # Current implementation /// - /// The current algorithm is based on the quickselect portion of the same quicksort algorithm - /// used for [`sort_unstable`]. + /// The current algorithm is an introselect implementation based on Pattern Defeating Quicksort, which is also + /// the basis for [`sort_unstable`]. The fallback algorithm is Median of Medians using Tukey's Ninther for + /// pivot selection, which guarantees linear runtime for all inputs. /// /// [`sort_unstable`]: slice::sort_unstable /// |