Function: cl-stable-sort

cl-stable-sort is an autoloaded and byte-compiled function defined in cl-seq.el.gz.

Signature

(cl-stable-sort SEQ PREDICATE [KEYWORD VALUE]...)

Documentation

Sort the argument SEQ stably according to PREDICATE.

This is a destructive function; it reuses the storage of SEQ if possible.

Keywords supported: :key

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Aliases

stable-sort (obsolete since 27.1)

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-seq.el.gz
;;;###autoload
(defun cl-stable-sort (seq pred &rest cl-keys)
  "Sort the argument SEQ stably according to PREDICATE.
This is a destructive function; it reuses the storage of SEQ if possible.
\nKeywords supported:  :key
\n(fn SEQ PREDICATE [KEYWORD VALUE]...)"
  ;; It's safe to ignore the return value when used on arrays,
  ;; but most calls pass lists.
  (declare (important-return-value t))
  (apply #'cl-sort seq pred cl-keys))