The previous List.sort was O(n^2) insertion sort. Replaced with a
straightforward mergesort:
split lst -> alternating-take into ([odd], [even])
merge xs ys -> classic two-finger merge under cmp
sort cmp xs -> base cases [], [x]; otherwise split + recursive
sort on each half + merge
Tuple destructuring on the split result is expressed via nested
match — let-tuple-destructuring would be cleaner but works today.
This benefits sort_uniq (which calls sort first), Set.Make.add via
sort etc., and any user program using List.sort. Stable_sort is
already aliased to sort.
giles
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