Release 0.3.1

This small release adds no_std support. There's a std feature that is required for comparing and sorting file paths. This feature is enabled by default, so you need to disable default features to compile without the standard library:

# Cargo.toml

[dependencies]
lexical-sort = { version = "0.3.1", default-features = false }

Release 0.3

This release features three new comparison functions and a brand new public API that is more powerful and flexible. Additionally, the benchmark was rewritten and the documentation was improved.

The new API

There are now two traits, StringSort and PathSort, which allow sorting a slice containing strings or paths, or things that implement AsRef<str> or AsRef<Path>:

use lexical_sort::{StringSort, natural_lexical_cmp};

let mut strings = vec!["ß", "é", "100", "hello", "world", "50", ".", "B!"];
strings.string_sort_unstable(natural_lexical_cmp);

Comparison functions

There are now 8 comparison functions available:

Function	lexico­graphical	natural	skips non-alphanumeric chars
cmp
only_alnum_cmp			yes
lexical_cmp	yes
lexical_only_alnum_cmp	yes		yes
natural_cmp		yes
natural_only_alnum_cmp		yes	yes
natural_lexical_cmp	yes	yes
natural_lexical_­only_alnum_cmp	yes	yes	yes

Looking ahead

I plan to implement better Unicode support, although I still have to explore the design space here. I'm also open to feature requests!

Version 0.2.1

This is a new release of the lexical-sort crate with a bug fix to sort numbers correctly, more benchmarks, and two new functions: lexical_cmp_only_alnum and lexical_natural_cmp_only_alnum skip characters that aren't alphanumeric.

Version 0.2

This is a new release of the lexical-sort crate with performance improvements, better Unicode support thanks to the any_ascii crate, a benchmark and a new license.

Version 0.1

v0.1

Remove keywords