Proposal: Span<T>.Sort Extensions

[benaadams]

Span.Sort Extensions

public static class SpanExtensions
{
    public static void Sort<T>(this Span<T> span) where T : IComparable<T> { } 
    public static void Sort<T>(this Span<T> span, Collections.Generic.IComparer<T> comparer) { } 
    public static void Sort<T>(this Span<T> span, Comparison<T> comparison) { } 
}

Notes:

• No offset, length overloads as can slice before sort
• Extensions so general case can be overridden by more more specific types

e.g.

public static void Sort(this Span<byte> span) { } 
public static void Sort(this Span<MyType> span) { } 

Mentioned in api review for array sort https://github.com/dotnet/apireviews/blob/master/2017/10-10-GitHub%20issues.md

/cc @stephentoub @KrzysztofCwalina @terrajobst @karelz

[karelz]

@benaadams is it on Array type? Never mind, I see the title now. Can you please include the type name in the proposal to clarify it?

[ektrah]

Duplicate of dotnet/runtime#19969

[benaadams]

And already approved! 😄

That was fast 😆