Functional Sort

[Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On 11/14/14 7:47 PM, Meta wrote:
> On Saturday, 15 November 2014 at 00:45:11 UTC, Meta wrote:
>> On Saturday, 15 November 2014 at 00:33:11 UTC, Nordlöw wrote:
>>> Is there a functional variant of std.algorithm.sort, say sorted, that
>>> returns a sorted copy of its input use typically as
>>>
>>>    const y = x.sorted;
>>>
>>> ?
>>>
>>> If not any recommendations on its implementation?
>>
>> `sort` returns a SortedRange, so sort is the function you're looking for.
>
> Sorry, and if you want a copy, just add a `.array` on the end to create
> a new array from the returned range.

err... this isn't what you want. That will sort the range, and then make 
a copy of the sorted range as an array.

Note, there isn't any generic way to say "give me a copy of this range, 
as the same type." array is probably the best you will get. Just make 
sure you call it *before* you sort, unless you want both ranges sorted :)

-Steve