Why std.algorithm.sort can't be applied to char[]?

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On Thursday, 15 May 2014 at 17:46:52 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer 
wrote:
>> As far as I'm concerned, if we *can* do it in n.log(n), and 
>> somebody provides the implementation, then there is no reason 
>> to not offer dchar sorting for char[]/wchar.
>
> I think there is nothing wrong with requiring the steps to be 
> explicit. We should not hide such bloat behind sort.
>
> -Steve

Of course, but I meant if we could find an algoirthm O(1) (or 
O(log(N)) space overhead.

If the only algorithm we are capable of providing just 
temporarily dstrings, then no.