sortix--sortix/libc/bsearch.cpp

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	bsearch.cpp
	Binary search.

*******************************************************************************/

#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

extern "C" void* bsearch(const void* key, const void* base, size_t nmemb,
                         size_t size, int (*compare)(const void*, const void*))
{
	const uint8_t* baseptr = (const uint8_t*) base;
	// TODO: Just a quick and surprisingly correct yet slow implementation.
	for ( size_t i = 0; i < nmemb; i++ )
	{
		const void* candidate = baseptr + i * size;
		if ( !compare(key, candidate) )
			return (void*) candidate;
	}
	return NULL;
}