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-rw-r--r--array.c8
-rw-r--r--enum.c6
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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c029154b33..168b1feddd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Thu Oct 13 11:35:33 2016 Nobuyoshi Nakada <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+ * array.c (rb_ary_sort_bang, rb_ary_sort, rb_ary_sort_by_bang):
+ [DOC] describe that sort may not be stable.
+
+ * enum.c (enum_sort, enum_sort_by): ditto.
+
Thu Oct 13 11:31:40 2016 Nobuyoshi Nakada <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
* test/rexml/xpath/test_text.rb (test_ancestors): Array#sort may
diff --git a/array.c b/array.c
index 476b1c4d66..55cdd9d7e3 100644
--- a/array.c
+++ b/array.c
@@ -2436,6 +2436,9 @@ sort_2(const void *ap, const void *bp, void *dummy)
* an integer less than 0 when +b+ follows +a+, +0+ when +a+ and +b+
* are equivalent, or an integer greater than 0 when +a+ follows +b+.
*
+ * The result is not guaranteed as stable. When comparison of two
+ * elements returns +0+, the order of the elements is unpredictable.
+ *
* See also Enumerable#sort_by.
*
* a = [ "d", "a", "e", "c", "b" ]
@@ -2517,6 +2520,8 @@ rb_ary_sort_bang(VALUE ary)
* an integer less than 0 when +b+ follows +a+, +0+ when +a+ and +b+
* are equivalent, or an integer greater than 0 when +a+ follows +b+.
*
+ * The result is not guaranteed as stable. When comparison of two
+ * elements returns +0+, the order of the elements is unpredictable.
*
* See also Enumerable#sort_by.
*
@@ -2674,6 +2679,9 @@ sort_by_i(RB_BLOCK_CALL_FUNC_ARGLIST(i, dummy))
* Sorts +self+ in place using a set of keys generated by mapping the
* values in +self+ through the given block.
*
+ * The result is not guaranteed as stable. When two keys are equal,
+ * the order of the corresponding elements is unpredictable.
+ *
* If no block is given, an Enumerator is returned instead.
*
*/
diff --git a/enum.c b/enum.c
index 62bcfba395..b328003425 100644
--- a/enum.c
+++ b/enum.c
@@ -934,6 +934,9 @@ enum_first(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE obj)
* built-in Schwartzian Transform, useful when key computation or
* comparison is expensive.
*
+ * The result is not guaranteed as stable. When comparison of two
+ * elements returns +0+, the order of the elements is unpredictable.
+ *
* %w(rhea kea flea).sort #=> ["flea", "kea", "rhea"]
* (1..10).sort { |a, b| b <=> a } #=> [10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1]
*/
@@ -1004,6 +1007,9 @@ sort_by_cmp(const void *ap, const void *bp, void *data)
* Sorts <i>enum</i> using a set of keys generated by mapping the
* values in <i>enum</i> through the given block.
*
+ * The result is not guaranteed as stable. When two keys are equal,
+ * the order of the corresponding elements is unpredictable.
+ *
* If no block is given, an enumerator is returned instead.
*
* %w{apple pear fig}.sort_by { |word| word.length}