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Sort objects of dynamic size

由 狂风中的少年 提交于 2019-12-04 01:01:22

Since there are only 31 different object variations (1 to 32 bytes), you could easily create an object type for each and select a call to std::sort based on a switch statement. Each call will get inlined and highly optimized.

Some object sizes might require a custom iterator, as the compiler will insist on padding native objects to align to address boundaries. Pointers can be used as iterators in the other cases since a pointer has all the properties of an iterator.

The most practical solution is to use the C style qsort that you mentioned.

template <unsigned S>
struct my_obj {
    enum { SIZE = S; };
    const void *p_;
    my_obj (const void *p) : p_(p) {}
    //...accessors to get data from pointer
    static int c_style_compare (const void *a, const void *b) {
        my_obj aa(a);
        my_obj bb(b);
        return (aa < bb) ? -1 : (bb < aa);
    }
};

template <unsigned N, typename OBJ>
void my_sort (const char (&large_array)[N], const OBJ &) {
    qsort(large_array, N/OBJ::SIZE, OBJ::SIZE, OBJ::c_style_compare);
}

(Or, you can call qsort_r if you prefer.) Since STL sort inlines the comparision calls, you may not get the fastest possible sorting. If all your system does is sorting, it may be worth it to add the code to get custom iterators to work. But, if most of the time your system is doing something other than sorting, the extra gain you get may just be noise to your overall system.

I'd agree with std::sort using a custom iterator, reference and value type; it's best to use the standard machinery where possible.

You worry about memory allocations, but modern memory allocators are very efficient at handing out small chunks of memory, particularly when being repeatedly reused. You could also consider using your own (stateful) allocator, handing out length s chunks from a small pool.

If you can overlay an object onto your buffer, then you can use std::sort, as long as your overlay type is copyable. (In this example, 4 64bit integers). With 4GB of data, you're going to need a lot of memory though.

As discussed in the comments, you can have a selection of possible sizes based on some number of fixed size templates. You would have to have pick from these types at runtime (using a switch statement, for example). Here's an example of the template type with various sizes and example of sorting the 64bit size.

Here's a simple example:

#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>
#include <ctime>

template <int WIDTH>
struct variable_width
{
   unsigned char w_[WIDTH];
};

typedef variable_width<8> vw8;
typedef variable_width<16> vw16;
typedef variable_width<32> vw32;
typedef variable_width<64> vw64;
typedef variable_width<128> vw128;
typedef variable_width<256> vw256;
typedef variable_width<512> vw512;
typedef variable_width<1024> vw1024;

bool operator<(const vw64& l, const vw64& r)
{
   const __int64* l64 = reinterpret_cast<const __int64*>(l.w_);
   const __int64* r64 = reinterpret_cast<const __int64*>(r.w_);

   return *l64 < *r64;
}

std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out, const vw64& w)
{
   const __int64* w64 = reinterpret_cast<const __int64*>(w.w_);
   std::cout << *w64;
   return out;
}

int main()
{
   srand(time(NULL));
   std::vector<unsigned char> buffer(10 * sizeof(vw64));
   vw64* w64_arr = reinterpret_cast<vw64*>(&buffer[0]);

   for(int x = 0; x < 10; ++x)
   {
      (*(__int64*)w64_arr[x].w_) = rand();
   }

   std::sort(
      w64_arr,
      w64_arr + 10);

   for(int x = 0; x < 10; ++x)
   {
      std::cout << w64_arr[x] << '\n';
   }

   std::cout << std::endl;

   return 0;
}

Given the enormous size (4GB), I would seriously consider dynamic code generation. Compile a custom sort into a shared library, and dynamically load it. The only non-inlined call should be the call into the library.

With precompiled headers, the compilation times may actually be not that bad. The whole <algorithm> header doesn't change, nor does your wrapper logic. You just need to recompile a single predicate each time. And since it's a single function you get, linking is trivial.

#define OBJECT_SIZE 32
struct structObject
{
    unsigned char* pObject;
    bool operator < (const structObject &n) const
    {
        for(int i=0; i<OBJECT_SIZE; i++)
        {
            if(*(pObject + i) != *(n.pObject + i))
                return (*(pObject + i) < *(n.pObject + i));
        }

        return false;       
    }
};

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{       
    std::vector<structObject> vObjects;
    unsigned char* pObjects = (unsigned char*)malloc(10 * OBJECT_SIZE); // 10 Objects


    for(int i=0; i<10; i++)
    {
        structObject stObject;
        stObject.pObject = pObjects + (i*OBJECT_SIZE);      
        *stObject.pObject = 'A' + 9 - i; // Add a value to the start to check the sort
        vObjects.push_back(stObject);
    }

    std::sort(vObjects.begin(), vObjects.end());


    free(pObjects);

To skip the #define

struct structObject
{
    unsigned char* pObject; 
};

struct structObjectComparerAscending 
{
    int iSize;

    structObjectComparerAscending(int _iSize)
    {
        iSize = _iSize;
    }

    bool operator ()(structObject &stLeft, structObject &stRight)
    { 
        for(int i=0; i<iSize; i++)
        {
            if(*(stLeft.pObject + i) != *(stRight.pObject + i))
                return (*(stLeft.pObject + i) < *(stRight.pObject + i));
        }

        return false;       
    }
};

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{   
    int iObjectSize = 32; // Read it from somewhere

    std::vector<structObject> vObjects;
    unsigned char* pObjects = (unsigned char*)malloc(10 * iObjectSize);

    for(int i=0; i<10; i++)
    {
        structObject stObject;
        stObject.pObject = pObjects + (i*iObjectSize);      
        *stObject.pObject = 'A' + 9 - i; // Add a value to the start to work with something...  
        vObjects.push_back(stObject);
    }

    std::sort(vObjects.begin(), vObjects.end(), structObjectComparerAscending(iObjectSize));


    free(pObjects);
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